ROSEWOOD MASSACRE

EIGHTH GRADE EXIT PROJECT

1920-1929

NICHOLAS WADE

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.

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.

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 Carrier’s home.

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.

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.

The Rosewood historical marker.

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.

A surviving house in Rosewood, Florida