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Bronze plaque № 56998

Fort Worth, TX, United States

Racial Terrorism: The Abduction of Mr. Fred Rouse On Tuesday, December 6, 1921, Mr. Fred Rouse, an African-American husband, father of three, and non-union butcher for Swift & Co., was attacked by white union strikers and agitators in the Niles City Stockyards (now part of Fort Worth). Mr. Rouse sus

tained stab wounds and broken bones. His skull was fractured in two places. He was then brought here to the basement Negro Ward of the former city & county hospital. At 11pm on Sunday, December 11, 19

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