Racial #History
On this dayJul 29, 1910
White Mob Massacres Black Residents in Slocum, Texas
Beginning on July 29, 1910, a white mob of hundreds massacred Black residents in and around Slocum, a majority-Black community near Palestine, Texas. According to some estimates, the mob killed as many as 200 Black people in the span of just two days. Hundreds more fled the area in the aftermath of the massacre, forced to leave their homes, farms, and businesses behind.
Local white citizens formed the mob after a series of minor events they perceived to have violated racial hierarchy, including a Black worker being appointed to a position of authority on a nearby road construction project.
Armed members of the mob rode through Slocum and the surrounding area on horseback, firing at any and all Black citizens they encountered. They chased those fleeing into forests and marshes, shooting many in the back as they ran.
@TheNewsOwl It is so hard to read the recounting of some of these events
@Pat_Walrond @TheNewsOwl
It is. This is #UShistory we never learned in school, and where I grew up was about half Black and half white.
It's truly terrible. The horrible thing is there are scumbags running around wanting to do the same thing all over again. I think of the women and children, and I cry for them.
We cannot let this happen again.