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Trump was in Wilmington, NC today.
In 1898, any hope of Reconstruction ended in Wilmington w/a fraudulent election, the overthrow of a biracial government, a "White Declaration of Independence," the murder of 300 black people, and 2000 expelled from their homes.
In 1898, any hope of Reconstruction ended in Wilmington w/a fraudulent election, the overthrow of a biracial government, a "White Declaration of Independence," the murder of 300 black people, and 2000 expelled from their homes.
From "White Declaration of Independence" :
"We the undersigned citizens of the city of Wilmington and county of New Hanover, do hereby declare that we will no longer be ruled and will never again be ruled, by men of African origin."
Signed by 457 of 600 white men present.
"We the undersigned citizens of the city of Wilmington and county of New Hanover, do hereby declare that we will no longer be ruled and will never again be ruled, by men of African origin."
Signed by 457 of 600 white men present.
Historian Laura Edwards: "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."
In effect, Wilmington was the Tulsa massacre of the east some twenty years earlier, complete with a political coup.
Trump held a Tulsa rally and a Wilmington rally.
No reputable historian could consider this a coincidence.
Trump held a Tulsa rally and a Wilmington rally.
No reputable historian could consider this a coincidence.
h/t @HC_Richardson whose GREAT book - "How the South Won the Civil War" - I've been reading today.
