The 1910 Slocum Massacre by E.R. Bills

Author:E.R. Bills
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Prominent African American religious leader Reverend Simon P.W. Drew was a cogent critic of defending persecuted people overseas while ignoring them in Texas. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Lyon examined Siddon’s letter and forwarded it to the United States attorney general, George W. Wickersham, on August 15:

The enclosed letter is self-explanatory. I am referring it direct to you in order that the case may be investigated. This letter pertains to what you probably saw in the paper, to the recent massacre of from 18 to 25 negroes and as stated by the writer it is probable that any investigation of this in the state courts would be a farce and I suggest that, from his letter, an investigation by the United States authorities would be in order.

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