GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.746829000000
Longitude: -95.631009000000
Longitude: -95.631009000000
County:
- Anderson
Date:
July-August 1860
Time Period:
Description:
Two abolitionists, named Antney Wyric and Alford Cable, are hanged in present-day Palestine.
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
The Navarro Express, Vol. 1, No. 38, August 11, 1860.
Anderson County Courthouse in 1866 showing the Freedmen's First Vote. Creator: Unknown; 1866
Collection: From the Portal of Texas History; Image donated by the Palestine Public Library
Image Viewed: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10047/?q=%20date%3A1855-1870
Image Accessed: August 4, 2022
Image Citation:
Photograph of the first Anderson County Courthouse on the day of the Freedmen's First Vote. The voters' horses are tied to the railing and the Union guards watching over them to prevent opposition from taking or harming them.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.746829000000
Longitude: -95.631009000000
Longitude: -95.631009000000
County:
- Anderson
Date:
July-August 1860
Event Description:
Two abolitionists, named Antney Wyric and Alford Cable, are hanged in present-day Palestine.
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
The Navarro Express, Vol. 1, No. 38, August 11, 1860.
Anderson County Courthouse in 1866 showing the Freedmen's First Vote. Creator: Unknown; 1866
Collection: From the Portal of Texas History; Image donated by the Palestine Public Library
Image Viewed: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10047/?q=%20date%3A1855-1870
Image Accessed: August 4, 2022
Image Citation:
Photograph of the first Anderson County Courthouse on the day of the Freedmen's First Vote. The voters' horses are tied to the railing and the Union guards watching over them to prevent opposition from taking or harming them.