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'''Salvation, [[Texas]]''' is the name of a [[fictional town]] from the [[DC Comics]] [[Vertigo (comics)|Vertigo imprint]] ''[[Preacher (DC Comics)|Preacher]]'' [[Comic books|comic book]]. It is the [[eponymous]] setting of ''Preacher Volume 7: Salvation'' (which collects issues #41-50) and also features in the final volume ''The Alamo'' (Volume 9).

Salvation was a small, mainly rural, community with a population of no more than a couple of hundred. Salvation suffered from a great deal of racial division with most [[African American]]'s living in a small community outside of town and the [[Ku Klux Klan]] being influential in the surrounding county.

The millionaire industrialist '''Odin Quincannon''' (Often referred to as "The Meat-Man") built the center of his business, an [[abattoir]] and [[rendering plant]], on the outskirts of the town and quickly came to dominate the area. A small and unimposing figure, Odin attempted to make up for this by exerting as much power as he could over others, believing that he now "owned" Salvation. He openly admitted that he was corrupt (even involved in bribing a U.S. President) and was himself a member of the KKK (though highly unpopular among other members). He often used threats of physical violence (carried out by his workers) to manipulate those he couldn't bribe. His plant spewed out [[pollution]] that destroyed the local environment and his workers were allowed to run amok. The workers would often go into town, drink heavily and cause trouble, often ending in violence against the local residents. Quincannon encouraged this believing that it made his workers happier and the town sheriff, afraid of Quincannon, did nothing to stop them.