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
213 30 2MB
English Pages xxii, 426 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm Year 2020
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.
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](https://ebin.pub/img/200x200/wilmingtons-lie-the-murderous-coup-of-1898-and-the-rise-of-white-supremacy-first-grove-atlantic-hardcover-edition-january-2020-9780802128386-9780802146489-2010125126-1051641691-0802128386.jpg)
![The shapeless unease: a year of not sleeping [First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition]
9780802148841, 0802148840](https://ebin.pub/img/200x200/the-shapeless-unease-a-year-of-not-sleeping-first-grove-atlantic-hardcover-edition-9780802148841-0802148840.jpg)
![The case of the vanishing blonde: and other true crime stories [First edition.,First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition]
9780802128447, 9780802146328, 0802128440](https://ebin.pub/img/200x200/the-case-of-the-vanishing-blonde-and-other-true-crime-stories-first-editionfirst-grove-atlantic-hardcover-edition-9780802128447-9780802146328-0802128440.jpg)
![Empire of horses: the first nomadic civilization and the making of China [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition]
9781643133270, 9781643133829, 1643133276](https://ebin.pub/img/200x200/empire-of-horses-the-first-nomadic-civilization-and-the-making-of-china-first-pegasus-books-hardcover-edition-9781643133270-9781643133829-1643133276.jpg)
![A Science on the Scales: The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Biology, 1898-1939 [1 ed.]
9781442670464, 9780802088598](https://ebin.pub/img/200x200/a-science-on-the-scales-the-rise-of-canadian-atlantic-fisheries-biology-1898-1939-1nbsped-9781442670464-9780802088598.jpg)
![Empire: A New History of the World: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Civilizations [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition]
9781643133317, 9781643133935, 1643133314, 1643133934](https://ebin.pub/img/200x200/empire-a-new-history-of-the-world-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-greatest-civilizations-first-pegasus-books-hardcover-edition-9781643133317-9781643133935-1643133314-1643133934.jpg)