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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.
Some of these quirky true stories might surprise even the most
proud Texan. Austin sat the first all-woman state supreme court in
the nation in 1925. A utopian colony thrived in Kristenstad during
the Great Depression. Bats taken from the Bracken and Ney Caves and
Devil's Sinkhole were developed as a secret weapon that vied with
the Manhattan Project to shorten World War II. In Slaton in 1922,
German priest Joseph M. Keller was kidnapped, tarred and feathered
amid anti-German fervor following World War I. Author E.R. Bills
offers this collection of trials, tribulations and intrigue that is
sure to enrich one's understanding of the biggest state in the
Lower Forty-eight.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
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