GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.468795000000
Longitude: -96.777103000000
Longitude: -96.777103000000
County:
- Ellis
Date:
Mid-June 1860
Time Period:
Description:
Settler vigilantes from Waxahachie hang an enslaved man at Red Oak Creek, accusing the man of conspiring to murder whites in the town.
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
William W. White, “The Texas Slave Insurrection of 1860,” The Southwestern Quarterly 52 (January 1949): 263.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.468795000000
Longitude: -96.777103000000
Longitude: -96.777103000000
County:
- Ellis
Date:
Mid-June 1860
Event Description:
Settler vigilantes from Waxahachie hang an enslaved man at Red Oak Creek, accusing the man of conspiring to murder whites in the town.
Event Type:
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
William W. White, “The Texas Slave Insurrection of 1860,” The Southwestern Quarterly 52 (January 1949): 263.