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A Warning for Abolitionists

by | Feb 15, 2019 | True West Blog

Anthony Bewley was a Methodist pastor south of Ft. Worth just before the Civil War.  He was outspokenly abolitionist, and that angered his neighbors. In mid-1860, recognizing the danger, Bewley and his family made a run for Kansas.  But a Texas posse caught them in Missouri and returned the reverend to Ft. Worth. On September 13, vigilantes took him from jail and lynched Bewley.  His remains wer


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