As Trump and his brown skin haters are in the process of removing the true history of the viciouness of the gabachos, our history needs to be recorded on the internet. Perhaps someone can figure out how to create 15-second videos so that the young generation can learn what it was like for non-gabachos in the past.
Her crime was defending herself from a sexual assault by a drunk white man. According to accounts, when asked if she killed the white man, she said yes and would do it again to defend her honor. She walked to the gallows with her head held high and even put the rope around her neck herself. It was estimated that a mob of thousands of gabachos were there to see her hang.
The hanging of thousands of Mexicans has been documented, but the history has been erased by the Gabachos who write the history of this country. Here in Texas, many of the hangings were carried out by or with the assistance of the Texas Rangers, better known to the Chicano community as the Pinche Rinches.
Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 1st Edition:
Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs that terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In Forgotten Dead, William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb uncover a comparatively neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the lynching of persons of Mexican origin or descent. Over eight decades, lynch mobs murdered hundreds of Mexicans, mainly in the American Southwest. Racial prejudice, a lack of respect for local courts, and economic competition all fueled the actions of the mob. Sometimes, ordinary citizens committed these acts because of the alleged failure of the criminal justice system; other times, the culprits were law enforcement officers themselves. Violence also occurred against the backdrop of continuing tensions along the border between the United States and Mexico, aggravated by criminal raids, military escalation, and political revolution.
Based on Spanish and English archival documents from both sides of the border, Forgotten Dead explores through detailed case studies the characteristics and causes of mob violence against Mexicans across time and place. It also relates the numerous acts of resistance by Mexicans, including armed self-defense, crusading journalism, and lobbying by diplomats who pressured the United States to honor its rhetorical commitment to democracy. Finally, it contains the first-ever inventory of Mexican victims of mob violence in the United States.
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