45. The Trials Began A Week Later
The only evidence that was used at the trials of the imprisoned African Americans was the confessions that had been given under torture. The attorneys did not interview any witnesses to find out what had actually happened. The trials occurred under the assumption that a black insurrection had indeed been planned by the members of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America.
On October 31, a month after the slaughter of hundreds of innocent African American men, women, and children, the judge handed down guilty verdicts to 122 men suspected of plotting the alleged insurrection.
