Chap 5 KKK in Austin -1882 Lynching of Uncle Sam
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The episode discusses the lynching of Emmett's Great Great Uncle Sam Shelton and a Black man in Central Texas in 1882, highlighting the mob justice prevalent at the time.
'Mob Law' was common 'justice' in Central Texas, roughly 150 years ago. Emmett's Great Great Uncle Sam Shelton was a wild cowboy in Belton in 1880s. He was arrested one night for attempted murder of a deputy and his teen son was jailed with him. A Mob took Uncle Sam from the Belton Jail with a Black Man, Mr. Keys. They were hung on an oak on the Hilltop. Sam's teen brother, Terrell, was spared and witnessed the h...
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