GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.168988000000
Longitude: -95.431910000000
Longitude: -95.431910000000
County:
- Brazoria
Date:
October 17, 1835
Time Period:
Description:
Roughly 100 enslaved persons are whipped in the aftermath of a slave revolt in Brazoria near the lower Brazos River. An unknown number of enslaved persons are hanged and whipped to death.
Event Type:
Citation:
Sean Kelley, ""Mexico in His Head": Slavery and the Texas-Mexico Border, 1810-1860." Journal of Social History, vol. 37, no. 3 (Spring 2004), 716.
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: 29.168988000000
Longitude: -95.431910000000
Longitude: -95.431910000000
County:
- Brazoria
Date:
October 17, 1835
Event Description:
Roughly 100 enslaved persons are whipped in the aftermath of a slave revolt in Brazoria near the lower Brazos River. An unknown number of enslaved persons are hanged and whipped to death.
Event Type:
Citation:
Sean Kelley, ""Mexico in His Head": Slavery and the Texas-Mexico Border, 1810-1860." Journal of Social History, vol. 37, no. 3 (Spring 2004), 716.
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