A Hanging in Nacogdoches: Murder, Race, Politics, and Polemics in Texas's Oldest Town, 1870-1916
(Part of the Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
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On October 17, 1902, in Nacogdoches, Texas, a black man named James Buchanan was tried without representation, condemned, and executed for the murder of a white family-all in the course of three hours. Two white men played pivotal roles in these events: Bill Haltom, a leading local Democrat and the editor of the Nacogdoches Sentinel, who condemned lynching but defended lynch mobs, and A. J. Spradley, a Populist sheriff who, with the aid...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292712995
ISBN13:9780292712997
Release Date:March 2006
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:239 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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