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Wilmington insurrection of 1898...
Wilmington insurrection of 1898...
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November 11, 1898
THE GLOBE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, November 11, 1898
* Wilmington, North Carolina
* Negroes - race riot - insurrection
The front page has an article headed: "KILLED IN RACE RIOTS" "Nine Negroes Shot Down in the Streets of Wilmington, N.C." and more. (see) First report coverage on the Wilmington insurrection of 1898.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 6 pages, light toning, nice condition.
wikipedia notes: The Wilmington coup d'etat of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington race riot of 1898, began in Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898 and continued for several days. It is considered a turning point in post-Reconstruction North Carolina politics. The event is credited as ushering in an era of severe racial segregation and disenfranchisement of African-Americans throughout the Southeastern United States. Laura Edwards wrote in Democracy Betrayed (2000), "What happened in Wilmington became an affirmation of white supremacy not just in that one city, but in the South and in the nation as a whole."
Category: Post-Civil War
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