Slocum, Texas
Unincorporated community in Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Slocum is an unincorporated community in southeastern Anderson County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 198 in 2018. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.
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Coordinates: 31°37′53″N 95°27′44″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Anderson |
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Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
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Slocum is notable as the site of what is known as the Slocum massacre, an unprovoked attack by a large mob of whites on what was then a majority-black community on July 29–30, 1910. Some twenty-two Blacks were documented as killed; other estimates are that up to ten times that number may have been murdered.