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They Lost Their Land Through Murder and Theft

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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Clip Season 2019 Episode 1 Length 02:50 Premiere: 09/20/19

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