ROSEWOOD MASSACRE

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ROSEWOOD MASSACRE

• EIGHTH GRADE EXIT PROJECT
• 1920-1929
• NICHOLAS WADE

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ROSEWOOD BEFORE THE MASSACRE

• Before the massacre Rosewood was a small town
  populated by mostly African Americans. The town
  was a stop in the Seaboard Airline Railway. The
  town had three churches, a store, a Masonic
  lodge, a school, and a bunch of two-story homes
  and small one room shanties.
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WHAT CAUSED THE MASSACRE

• On New Years Day Fannie Taylor claimed she
  was sexually assaulted by a black man. This
  false claim caused the what is known today as the
  Rosewood Massacre.

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The Massacre

• During the massacre black and white people
  were killed. All the buildings were burned
  except for the store and one home.
• A burning home
  What's left of Sarah Carriers
  home.

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After the massacre

• After the massacre most of the people who lived
  in Rosewood escaped to Gainesville, Florida on a
  train. The man that Fannie Taylor claimed had
  sexually assaulted her was never found.

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The Historical Marker

• In 1994 the state of Florida signed a
  reparation bill to the survivors in of the
  Rosewood, Massacre. Rosewood, Florida was
  dedicated a historical marker on May 4, 2004.
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  The Rosewood historical marker.

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Rosewood, Florida Today

• Today only one house is standing in the town of
  Rosewood. Now no one lives in Rosewood, it is
  just a historical site. Rosewood is also known
  today as on of the worst race riots in history.
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  A
  surviving house in Rosewood, Florida