GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.304557000000
Longitude: -95.262331000000
Longitude: -95.262331000000
County:
- Brazoria
Date:
April 1, 1875
Time Period:
Description:
Anglo vigilantes hang two Mexicans at Chocolate Springs, one mile north of present-day Angleton.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb, Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 200.
Brazoria County Courthouse in Brazoria, Texas Collection: Used with permission from the postcard collection at CourthouseHistory.com
Image Viewed: http://courthousehistory.com/gallery/states/texas/counties/brazoria
Image Accessed: July 5, 2022
Image Citation:
Postcard image of Brazoria County Courthouse; Built in 1839
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.304557000000
Longitude: -95.262331000000
Longitude: -95.262331000000
County:
- Brazoria
Date:
April 1, 1875
Event Description:
Anglo vigilantes hang two Mexicans at Chocolate Springs, one mile north of present-day Angleton.
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb, Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 200.
Brazoria County Courthouse in Brazoria, Texas Collection: Used with permission from the postcard collection at CourthouseHistory.com
Image Viewed: http://courthousehistory.com/gallery/states/texas/counties/brazoria
Image Accessed: July 5, 2022
Image Citation:
Postcard image of Brazoria County Courthouse; Built in 1839