The 1910 Slocum Massacre : an act of genocide in East Texas / E.R. Bills.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Charleston, SC ; London : The History Press, 2014Description: 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1626193525
  • 9781626193529
Other title:
  • Nineteen ten Slocum Massacre
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 976.4/229 23
LOC classification:
  • F394.S59 B55 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Slocum Massacre -- Regional context -- Media response -- Indictments -- Exodus, exile -- Federal disinterest -- Prosecution -- Cataclysms -- 1984 -- Conclusions.
Summary: In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and the Percilla-Augusta region of neighboring Houston County. The number of dead surpassed the casualties of the Rosewood Massacre in Florida and rivaled those of the Tulsa Riots in Oklahoma, but the incident, one of the largest mass murders of blacks in American history, is now largely forgotten. Investigate the facts behind this harrowing act of genocide in E.R. Bills's compelling inquiry into the Slocum Massacre.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index.

Slocum Massacre -- Regional context -- Media response -- Indictments -- Exodus, exile -- Federal disinterest -- Prosecution -- Cataclysms -- 1984 -- Conclusions.

In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and the Percilla-Augusta region of neighboring Houston County. The number of dead surpassed the casualties of the Rosewood Massacre in Florida and rivaled those of the Tulsa Riots in Oklahoma, but the incident, one of the largest mass murders of blacks in American history, is now largely forgotten. Investigate the facts behind this harrowing act of genocide in E.R. Bills's compelling inquiry into the Slocum Massacre.

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