Texas Panic of 1860 part 2

If you missed my post last week, I started discussing some of the historical background for my novel, the Texas Panic of 1860. Mysterious fires broke out in July of that year, creating a frenzy that killed many and pushed the state further toward secession from the United States.

Today I wanted to share some excerpts and clippings from The Navarro Express, a weekly newspaper from Corsicana (south of Dallas), to show an example of how this escalated to such a vicious attacks on slaves and susp...