GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.029164000000
Longitude: -95.933509000000
Longitude: -95.933509000000
County:
- Henderson
Date:
August 3, 1860
Time Period:
Description:
Settler vigilantes hang an enslaved man at Science Hill in Athens, having accused the man of being in possession of strychnine.
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Wendell G. Addington, “Slave Insurrections in Texas,” Journal of Negro History 35 (October 1950): 425.
William W. White, “The Texas Slave Insurrection of 1860,” The Southwestern Quarterly 52 (January 1949): 272.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.029164000000
Longitude: -95.933509000000
Longitude: -95.933509000000
County:
- Henderson
Date:
August 3, 1860
Event Description:
Settler vigilantes hang an enslaved man at Science Hill in Athens, having accused the man of being in possession of strychnine.
Event Type:
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Wendell G. Addington, “Slave Insurrections in Texas,” Journal of Negro History 35 (October 1950): 425.
William W. White, “The Texas Slave Insurrection of 1860,” The Southwestern Quarterly 52 (January 1949): 272.