GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.273900000000
Longitude: -97.745903000000
Longitude: -97.745903000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
October 1860
Time Period:
Description:
An enslaved man is accused of rape and is hanged by lynch mob near Austin
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Randolph B. Campbell, An Empire For Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009), 105.
Austin, Texas, c. 1856 Creator: W. Von Friche
Collection: Austin History Center, Austin Past and Present
Image Accessed: August 22, 2022
Image Citation:
Topographic reproduction; PICA-16715], Austin H
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.273900000000
Longitude: -97.745903000000
Longitude: -97.745903000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
October 1860
Event Description:
An enslaved man is accused of rape and is hanged by lynch mob near Austin
Event Type:
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Randolph B. Campbell, An Empire For Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009), 105.
Austin, Texas, c. 1856 Creator: W. Von Friche
Collection: Austin History Center, Austin Past and Present
Image Accessed: August 22, 2022
Image Citation:
Topographic reproduction; PICA-16715], Austin H