Stop 4 – Reedy Chapel-AME Church, known in 1865 as the Negro Church on Broadway
Reedy Chapel AME Church was first established in 1848 and would have been a central location for enslaved people to gather on the island. Posting a notice at the church on Broadway would have spread much faster throughout the city. We believe this was the last site along General Gordon Granger's march through Galveston on June 19, 1865. It is also the site of early Juneteenth celebrations in which freed slaves marched from the county courthouse to the church. This annual tradition is carried out to this day as part of the island's Juneteenth celebrations.
Hear more from historian Sharon Gillins
From here, walk to 1859 Ashton Villa, located at 2328 Broadway.
Reedy Chapel AME Church was first established in 1848 and would have been a central location for enslaved people to gather on the island. Posting a notice at the church on Broadway would have spread much faster throughout the city. We believe this was the last site along General Gordon Granger's march through Galveston on June 19, 1865. It is also the site of early Juneteenth celebrations in which freed slaves marched from the county courthouse to the church. This annual tradition is carried out to this day as part of the island's Juneteenth celebrations.
Hear more from historian Sharon Gillins
From here, walk to 1859 Ashton Villa, located at 2328 Broadway.
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