Peonage Case Trial Brings Out Charges

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Title

Peonage Case Trial Brings Out Charges

Subject

Peonage
Racism
Crime
Case

Description

The newspaper article describes how workers, who worked as cotton pickers, were threaten with being shoot if they tried to escape. The accused were Sheriff Raymond Teller and eight other county officials and citizens.

Source

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and University Archives

Publisher

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Date

1927-02-02
1927

Contributor

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Rights

(1927, February 2). Peonage Case Trial Brings Out Charges. Brownsville Herald, p. 1-2.

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

BrownsvilleHerald-19270202-PeonageCaseTrial

Coverage

Corpus Christi

Collection

Peonage

Tags

special collections, archives, LRGV history, borderlands, US-Mexico history special collections, archives, LRGV history, borderlands, US-Mexico history special collections, archives, LRGV history, borderlands, US-Mexico history

Citation

“Peonage Case Trial Brings Out Charges,” UTRGV Digital Exhibits, accessed December 22, 2024, https://omeka.utrgv.edu/items/show/265.

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