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The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, [6] was a municipal-level coup d'état and a massacre that was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. [7]
Like the rest of the white supremacy movement in Wilmington and North Carolina, Macrae worried that the white power in the state was waning and more economic and political power was being held by the black population of Wilmington. [10] During the insurrection at least a dozen people were killed, with some claiming even higher totals, and ...
1898 – Wilmington insurrection, November 10, Wilmington, North Carolina (race riot) ... The city was under a state of martial law for six months.
Alfred Moore Waddell (September 16, 1834 – March 17, 1912) was an American politician and white supremacist.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina between 1871 and 1879 and as mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina from 1898 to 1906.
Much of the state was watching the outcome of elections in Wilmington, the largest city and with a majority-black population. A secret committee of white Democrats led by Alfred Waddell had already planned the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 if they lost local offices and control of the city government. In 1898 a biracial fusion ticket won the ...
Taken during the Jan. 6 insurrection, ... 2024, in Wilmington, North Carolina. ... resistance within government agencies and at the local and state levels. And of course, the extent to which ...
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy is a book by the American journalist and author David Zucchino. The book details the events leading up to the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, in which white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina carried out a massacre and coup d'état.
Wilmington insurrection of 1898: November 10, 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina: Waddell's Army Segregationist rioters Successful removal of local government, retaining segregationist policies. [33] Green Corn Rebellion: August 2–3, 1917 Seminole County, Oklahoma: Rebel farmers