They Lost Their Land Through Murder and Theft
Clip: Season 2019 Episode 1 | 2m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
In the early 1900s, many Mexican-Americans lost their ranches to fraud and violence.
During the early 1900s attorneys, land promoters and developers enticed Anglo newcomers to stake land claims and fence off land along the Texas-Mexico border. As land values and property taxes rose, many Mexican-American farmers lost their land through murder, theft or swindling, forcing them to become laborers because they had no other way to make a living.
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They Lost Their Land Through Murder and Theft
Clip: Season 2019 Episode 1 | 2m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
During the early 1900s attorneys, land promoters and developers enticed Anglo newcomers to stake land claims and fence off land along the Texas-Mexico border. As land values and property taxes rose, many Mexican-American farmers lost their land through murder, theft or swindling, forcing them to become laborers because they had no other way to make a living.
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Sowing the Seeds of Racial War Across U.S.-Mexico Border
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A clash between Mexican and Anglo cultures has brewed at the border for generations. (2m)
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Discover the story behind the 1918 massacre of 15 Mexican men in this tiny border town. (30s)
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