Don’t forget that in 1918, Spanish flu was epidemic. A place like Dozier would have been a perfect place for the epidemic to take hold.
I wonder how many died during that time?
My Grandfather wrote a letter to the local newspaper back in 1918. He was living near Madison Florida at the time and teaching school.
The paper republished the letter just a few years ago. One thing he mentioned was so many of his friends and relatives having died. At first I had no idea what he was referring to but remembered that 1918 epidemic.
A lot of people everywhere died in 1918 (including my mother’s siblings - in Massachusetts ) and I hope they factor this into their calculations.
Also, any group of people concentrated together in one space would be a likely candidate for a major outbreak.
But trying to turn this into an intentional racial thing is ridiculous.