Majority-Black Wilmington, N.C., fell to White mob’s coup 125 years ago
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November 10, 20236 min read1125 words
Published: November 10, 2023  |  6 min read1125 words
On Oct. 24, 1898, Alfred Moore Waddell, a former Confederate lieutenant colonel and member of Congress, stood at Thalian Hall in Wilmington, N.C., and called for White mobs to “choke the current of the Cape Fear with carcasses” to keep the city’s Black majority from voting and ru...
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November 10, 2023
In an age of increasingly inflammatory language, the cited quotes here from back in the day is a nice reminder of how far it used to go. Wide variety of historical resources to the events, considering the wide variety of events and quotes used to describe the time.
November 10, 2023
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