GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.710494000000
Longitude: -94.933152000000
Longitude: -94.933152000000
County:
- Polk
Date:
May/June 1859
Time Period:
Description:
An enslaved person is burned by locals for undisclosed reasons.
Event Type:
Citation:
Randolph B. Campbell, An Empire For Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009), 105.
Polk County Courthouse in Livingston, Texas Collection: Used with permission from the postcard collection at CourthouseHistory.com
Image Viewed: http://courthousehistory.com/gallery/states/texas/counties/polk
Image Accessed: July 5, 2022
Image Citation:
Postcard of Polk County Courthouse; Built in 1854 with 1883 addition; Architect Eugene T. Heiner; Contractor W. C. Wells
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.710494000000
Longitude: -94.933152000000
Longitude: -94.933152000000
County:
- Polk
Date:
May/June 1859
Event Description:
An enslaved person is burned by locals for undisclosed reasons.
Event Type:
Citation:
Randolph B. Campbell, An Empire For Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009), 105.
Polk County Courthouse in Livingston, Texas Collection: Used with permission from the postcard collection at CourthouseHistory.com
Image Viewed: http://courthousehistory.com/gallery/states/texas/counties/polk
Image Accessed: July 5, 2022
Image Citation:
Postcard of Polk County Courthouse; Built in 1854 with 1883 addition; Architect Eugene T. Heiner; Contractor W. C. Wells