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The 1910 Slocum Massacre : an act of genocide in East Texas / E.R. Bills.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bills, E. R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Violence against--Texas--Slocum--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Murder.
- History.
- African Americans--Violence against.
- Slocum (Tex.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Slocum (Tex.).
- Murder--Texas--Slocum--History--20th century.
- Slocum (Tex.)--History--20th century.
- Texas.
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
- 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 m American history-is now largely forgotten. Investigate the liters behind this harrowing act of genocide in E.R. Bills's compelling inquiry into the Slocum Massacre. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Slocum Massacre
- Regional context
- Media response
- Indictments
- Exodus, exile
- Federal disinterest
- Prosecution
- Cataclysms
- 1984
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1626193525
- 9781626193529
- OCLC:
- 870099107
- Publisher Number:
- 99959286959
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