Wilmington's lie: the murderous coup of 1898 and the rise of white supremacy [First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition: January 2020] 9780802128386, 9780802146489, 2010125126, 1051641691, 0802128386

By 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina, was a shining example of a mixed-race community--a bustling port city with a thrivin

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Table of contents :
Days of hope --
Cake and wine --
Good will of the white people --
Lying out --
Marching to the happy land --
Ye men of unmixed blood --
The avenger cometh --
Destiny of the negro --
A yaller dog --
Reckoning --
The negro problem --
The incubus --
I say lynch --
A vile slander --
An excellent race --
A dark scheme --
The nation's mission --
Degenerate sons of the white race --
The great white man's rally and basket picnic --
White-capping --
Buckshot at close range --
A drunkard and a gambler --
Choke the Cape Fear with carcasses --
The shepherds will have nowhere to flee --
A pitiful condition --
Retribution in history --
The forbearance of all white men --
Line of fire --
What have we done? --
Situation serious --
Strictly according to law --
Marching from death --
Not the sort of man we want here --
Justice is satisfied, vengeance is cruel --
Persons unknown --
Better get a gun --
The meanest animals --
Old scores --
The grandfather clause --
Leave it to the whites --
I cannot live in North Carolina and be treated like a man --
Epilogue --
index.

Wilmington's lie: the murderous coup of 1898 and the rise of white supremacy [First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition: January 2020]
 9780802128386, 9780802146489, 2010125126, 1051641691, 0802128386

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