GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.153071000000
Longitude: -94.799389000000
Longitude: -94.799389000000
County:
- Rusk
Date:
August 25, 1860
Time Period:
Description:
Vigilantes hang a enslaved woman and her white owner, Green Herndon, having accused them of committing arson and dealing in stolen goods.
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Wendell G. Addington, “Slave Insurrections in Texas,” Journal of Negro History 35 (October 1950): 421-422.
William W. White, “The Texas Slave Insurrection of 1860,” The Southwestern Quarterly 52 (January 1949): 268-269.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.153071000000
Longitude: -94.799389000000
Longitude: -94.799389000000
County:
- Rusk
Date:
August 25, 1860
Event Description:
Vigilantes hang a enslaved woman and her white owner, Green Herndon, having accused them of committing arson and dealing in stolen goods.
Event Type:
Gender:
female
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Wendell G. Addington, “Slave Insurrections in Texas,” Journal of Negro History 35 (October 1950): 421-422.
William W. White, “The Texas Slave Insurrection of 1860,” The Southwestern Quarterly 52 (January 1949): 268-269.