Florida
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Don’t Know
Census Information
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Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
“Ever since I can remember that it was known not to
be caught in Samsula after dark. It was also a running
joke about making sure your car didn’t break down
while driving through Samsula. In fact, now that I think
of it no one ever actually went to Samsula, it was
always through Samsula. I also remember stories of
crosses burning there… I spoke to my cousin’s
husband… He verified that if you were black you didn’t
even go to Samsula during the day. He said it was
known that the Klan was active there. Crosses were
burned during the 60s and 70s. There were rednecks,
farmers and no blacks. Blacks didn’t even work in the
fields to pick the produce.”
-black Florida resident, 2003