A Hanging in Nacogdoches : : Murder, Race, Politics, and Polemics in Texas's Oldest Town, 1870-1916 / / Gary B. Borders.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- part I a murder, a manhunt, a trial, and an execution
- chapter one Three Killed in Black Jack
- chapter two A City with a Long Past
- chapter three A Texas Sheriff
- chapter four A Suspect and a Possible Motive
- chapter five Nacogdoches in 1902
- chapter six A Suspect Is Caught
- chapter seven Lynchings: A Grim Fact of Life
- chapter eight Populism and Race: An Incendiary Mix
- chapter nine The Spradley-Haltom Feud
- chapter ten Buchanan Confesses in Shreveport
- chapter eleven A Desperate Journey across East Texas
- chapter twelve Preparations Made for Buchanan’s Trial
- chapter thirteen Buchanan Returns for Trial
- chapter fourteen A Hanging in Nacogdoches
- part II aftermath
- chapter fifteen Quick Hanging Sparks Criticism and Praise
- chapter sixteen Wettermark, Whitecapping, and a Whipping
- chapter seventeen Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index