Slocum, Texas - Wikipedia
WebSlocum is an unincorporated community in southeastern Anderson County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 198 in 2018. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.
Slocum massacre - Wikipedia
WebThe Slocum massacre occurred on July 29–30, 1910, in Slocum, Texas, an unincorporated community in Anderson County near Palestine in East Texas. Only six deaths were officially confirmed, but some 22 were reported by major newspapers.
The Slocum Massacre (1910) - Blackpast
WebJan 27, 2021 · The Slocum Massacre occurred on July 29, 1910 in Slocum, Texas, an unincorporated community in southeast Anderson County. The city used to be home to a thriving African American community with several …
111 Years Later: The Slocum Massacre | cbs19.tv
WebJul 30, 2021 · ANDERSON COUNTY, Texas — July 29, 2021, marks 111 years since the 1910 massacre of Black citizens in Slocum, Texas. "Mobs ranging from dozens to hundreds went around killing African Americans...
Should Texas Remember Or Forget The Slocum Massacre? | TPR
WebJan 16, 2015 · By David Martin Davies. Published January 16, 2015 at 12:33 PM CST. Listen • 28:59. David Martin Davies. July 29, 1910 in Slocum, Texas started off like any other Friday in this rural East Texas community – but before the day was over one of the worst racial atrocities in Texas history would happen.
Slocum, Texas - Historic Texas
WebThe community declined somewhat thereafter, to 110 inhabitants in 1970, and was estimated at 125 inhabitants from 1974 through 1990. In the mid-1980s Slocum had four businesses, two churches, a number of dwellings, and a school. The population doubled to 250 in 2000. Slocum. “My father E. T. McDaniel, …
Slocum Massacre Highlights Historical Double Standard In The …
WebJan 15, 2016 · History. Slocum Massacre Highlights Historical Double Standard In The South. On Saturday in Slocum, Texas, the state will officially recognize the Slocum Massacre of 1910 — the attack on a...
Slocum Massacre - TSHA
WebApr 16, 2015 · The Slocum Massacre occurred on July 29, 1910, near the small town of Slocum twelve miles southeast of Palestine in Anderson County. Beginning in the morning of the 29th, White residents of the rural area shot …
Genocide in East Texas: A History of the Slocum Massacre
WebJul 27, 2016 · The 1910 Slocum Massacre in East Texas officially saw between eight and 22 Blacks killed, and evidence suggests African American casualties were 10 times these amounts. Yet the massacre has become a dirty Lone Star secret, remarkable more for the inattention it has received than for its remembrance.
Texas marks racial slaughter more than a century later
WebJan 15, 2016 · Advertisement. This article was published more than 8 years ago. Texas marks racial slaughter more than a century later. By Tim Madigan. January 16, 2016 at 8:04 p.m. EST. Officials in Slocum,...
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