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- Tags: Race relations
"Register Lyons' Ringing Letter." Richmond Planet, November 10, 1898
REGISTER LYONS’ RINGING LETTER.
HE SPEAKS PLAINLY OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE CAROLINAS.
The Arguments of the Apologists Demolished.
An Able Defense of the Colored People.---No Negro Rule in the South.
REVOLUTIONISTS IN WILMINGTON PAY…
"Senator Butler at Morganton," Raleigh News and Observer, June 19, 1900
Senator Butler at Morganton Why he Doesn't Know a White Child from a Mullato. (Special to News and Observer) MORGANTON, N.C., June 18. - The mother of the mulatto child, who was taken up in his arms by Senator Butler on Saturday, is named Moffitt.…
"Shall I Trust these Men, and Not this Man?", August 5, 1865
Tags: Race relations, Soldiers, Veterans
"Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders," ca. 1820s
THERE was a planter in the country, not far from us, whom I will call Mr. Litch. He was an ill-bred, uneducated man, but very wealthy. He had six hundred slaves, many of whom he did not know by sight. His extensive plantation was managed by well-paid…
Tags: Family, Race relations, Racial Violence, Slaves, Violence
"The Apologists for North Carolina." Richmond Planet, November 26, 1898
THE APOLOGISTS FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
That any one, white or colored, Jew or Gentile, Christian or Infidel could be found to justify the murdering of the unarmed colored men at Wilmington, N. C., after the so-called election has taken place is one of…
"The Excuses At Washington," Richmond Planet, November 19, 1898
THE EXCUSES AT WASHINGTON.
The lawless elements of the south seems to be in “full swing†at Washington. The advisers of the President have decided that in South Carolina, where many America citizens, both white and colored were killed during a…
"The Game is Ended," Raleigh News and Observer, November 10, 1898
"The Game is Ended"
Simmons: The White Men Win.
Holton: Great Steptoe, I Thought the Black Men Would Win.
Tags: Race relations, State Politics
"The Murders At Wilmington," Richmond Planet, November 19, 1898
THE MURDERS AT WILMINGTON.
The outrageous happening at Wilmington¸ N. C., almost surpasses comprehension. Never in the history of this country have we seen or heard of anything like it before.
A mob takes possession of the city, and without…
"The Reconstruction Prospect," November 12, 1867
We have favored the holding of a Convention asauthorized by Congress, and of doing all that couldfairly and honorably be done to effect reconstructionand restore the State to civil government, but we canplainly see that almost a death-blow has been…
"The Story Of The Wilmington, North Carolina, Race Riots" Raleigh News and Observer, November 27, 1898
THE STORY OF THE WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, RACE RIOTS.
By COL. ALFRED M. WADDELL.
Leader in the Reform Movement and Now Revolutionary Mayor of Wilmington.
(Special Correspondence of Collier’s Weekly.)
My active connection with what has been…
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Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, 1827-1886
Benjamin Hedrick (1827-1886), a chemistry professor at UNC, was dismissed from his job in 1856 after openly claiming that he supported the Republican…