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“TheWilmingtonRaceRiotof1898”
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Wilmington’sPopulation
WhiteBlack
White 5,526 6,888 8,731 10,556 13,267Black 7,920 10,462 11,324 10,407 12,107
1870 1880 1890 1900 1910
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1890sWilmington• Wilmingtonwasabustling,thrivingporttownforalllevelsofsocietyand
racesduringthelastquarterofthe19th century.• Itwasthestate’slargestcity,withamajorityofthepopulation(two-thirds)
beingAfricanAmerican.
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1890sWilmington• WilmingtonwasthecenterofAfricanAmericanpoliticaland
economicsuccess,andwasconsideredasymbolof“blackhope.”– Astrongreligiouscommunitysupportedcharitableorganizations,and
promotededucationalimprovementsforAfricanAmericans.– AfricanAmericansfromawiderangeofbackgroundswereabletomanage
theirownbusinessesandbuyhomesthroughoutthecity.– AfricanAmericanentrepreneursownedbarbershops,restaurants,tailor
shops,anddrugstores.Thecityboastednumerousblackprofessionalssuchasattorneys,andAfricanAmericansheldpositionsasfiremenandpolicemen.
– IngreaternumbersthaninmanyotherNorthCarolinatowns,Wilmington’sAfricanAmericansparticipatedinpoliticsandheldmunicipalandpoliticalpositions.
– Theblackmaleliteracyratewashigherthanthatofwhites.
• Overall,theAfricanAmericanandwhiteracesexistedpeacefully,thoughseparately.
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1890sPoliticsDemocraticParty- 1800s
• Originallythepartysupportingslaveholding
• Developedintoacoalitionofwealthy,workingclass,andruralwhitemembers
• ControlledNCstateandlocalgovernmentsfrom1876-1894
• Coalitionweakenedafter1880s
RepublicanParty– 1800s• Originallyemergedasthe
anti-slaverypartyinthemid-1850s,thoughwasnotofficiallyorganizedinNCuntil1867
• Platformconsistedoffreeenterprise,racialtoleration,andpoliticalequalityforAfricanAmericans
PopulistParty• Knownasthe“People’sParty”• Foundedbyworkingclassand
ruralwhites(predominatelyfarmers)wholefttheDemocraticParty
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1890sPolitics– TheFusionMovement• Asaneconomicdepressioninthelate1800sdeepened,whitePopulistsjoined
forceswithBlackRepublicansformingthe“FusionCoalition”(1894-1896).• By“fusing”theirvoters,theyhopedtodefeattheDemocratsandregaincontrolof
localandstatewidepolitics.• Fusionistschampionedlocalself-government,freepubliceducation,andelectoral
reformsthatwouldgiveblackmenthesamevotingrightsaswhites.• “Fusion”wassuccessfulandthepartywoneveryNCstatewideofficeinthe1894
and1896 elections• DanielRussellwaselectedtoserveasthefirstRepublicanGovernor
ofNorthCarolinasinceReconstruction.• RussellenactedchangestoWilmingtonandNewBerncitycharters
inordertoreverselawsestablishedbyDemocratstoassuretheircontrolofthosecities.
• “Fusionists”allowedmoreAfrican-Americanparticipationingovernment,althoughonlyahandfulofpositionswereheldbyAfricanAmericans. GovernorDaniel
Russell(Republican)
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PreparingfortheElectionof1898
• WhiteDemocratshadlostcontrolofstatepolitics,butpromisedtoavengetheirdefeatatthehandsofwhitePopulistsandAfricanAmericanRepublicansintheelectionof1898.
• The1898electionwasseenbyDemocratsaspivotaltoregainingcontrolofthestatelegislature;theirplanwastoreverselawscreatedbyFusionists.
• DanielSchenck,aDemocraticpartyleader,warned,“Itwillbethemeanest,vilest,dirtiestcampaignsince1876”(theelectionthatendedreconstructionintheSouth).
• Furnifold SimmonsdevelopedastrongDemocraticPartymachinetousepropaganda,printedmedia,speechmakingandintimidationtoachievevictoryatallcosts.
• The1898campaignwasthemostorganizedDemocraticPartyelectioncampaignupuntilthattime.
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PreparingfortheElectionof1898
• ThroughouttheperiodleadinguptoElectionDayonNovember8,1898,WilmingtonbecamethecenteroftheDemocraticParty’swhitesupremacycampaignandthecitywasonedge.
• WilmingtonDemocratsdeterminedthatacampaignofracismwouldappealtoWilmingtoncitizens;causingdoubtandfearinwhiteresidentswithwhitesupremacistpropaganda wouldultimatelyshatterthefragilealliancebetweenwhitesandblacksintheFusionCoalition.
• IntimidationofwhiteRepublicansandAfricanAmericansthroughoutthecampaignwaschanneledthroughgroupssuchastheWhiteGovernmentUnionandRedShirtbrigades,bothdevelopedandengineeredbySimmons.
• MenofallracesexpectedviolenceonElectionDayasRedShirtssoughttointimidatevotersandAfricanAmericansvowedtoexercisetheirrighttovoteregardlessofconsequence.
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PreparingfortheElectionof1898-Propaganda&Intimidation
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“You are Anglo-Saxons.
You are armed and prepared, and you will do your duty. Be ready at a moment’s notice.
Go to the polls tomorrow, and if you find the Negro out voting, tell him to leave the polls and if he refuses kill, shoot him down in his tracks.
We shall win tomorrow if we have to do it with guns”
Alfred Moore Waddell November 7, 1898
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“You are Anglo-Saxons.
You are armed and prepared, and you will do your duty. Be ready at a moment’s notice.
Go to the polls tomorrow, and if you find the Negro out voting, tell him to leave the polls and if he refuses kill, shoot him down in his tracks.
We shall win tomorrow if we have to do it with guns”
Alfred Moore Waddell November 7, 1898
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Propaganda&Intimidation
• TheRedShirtswereagroupofDemocraticPartymemberswhosegoalwastointimidateblackcitizensfromvotinginthe1898election.
• Theyheldracistrallies,disruptedAfrican-AmericanchurchservicesandRepublicanmeetings,andpatrolledstreetswithgunsbeforetheelectiontofrightenblacksawayfromthepolls.
• ThefirstRedShirtsappearedinNorthCarolinainthefallof1898and,byElectionDay,theorganizationboastedmembershipinseveraleasterncounties,includingastrongcontingentinNewHanoverCounty.
RedShirtsfromLaurinburg,NC
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Propaganda&Intimidation
• Newspaperstoriesandpublicspeechesofwhitesupremacistswereusedtocreatefearofblacksinwhitecitizens.
• Whitesocietywascautionedof“blackbeasts”whowouldharmwhitewomenandwhitesocietyifnotstopped.
• WiththesupportoftheracisteditoroftheNewsandObserveratthetime,JosephusDaniels,whocontinuallysupportedandprintedsuchpropaganda,whitecitizenswereconvincedthatblackequalitywouldmeantheendofsocietyastheyknewit.
• OneofthemostglaringexamplesofsuchtensionwasillustratedintheburningofWilmington’sonlyblack-ownednewspaper,TheWilmingtonRecord,whoseeditorwaslikewisethreatenedandranoutoftown.
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Propaganda&Intimidation–AlexManly&TheWilmingtonRecord
• AlexManlywasthemulattoeditoroftheWilmingtonRecord – thecity’sonlyAfricanAmericannewspaperatthetime.
• InAugust,1898,ManlyprintedaneditorialinresponsetoaspeechgivenbyaGeorgiawomanthatthewhite-ownedpaperinWilmingtonhadpublished.
• Intheracistspeech,thewomansupportedthelynchingofAfricanAmericanmaleswhohad“inappropriate”relationshipswithwhitewomen.Shecautionedwhitementobetterprotectwhitewomenfromsuchbehavior.
• Manlywasrightfullyinfuriatedbythespeechanditspublishing.Inhiseditorialresponse,hearguedthatwhitemaleswerejustasguiltyforhavingrelationshipswithAfricanAmericanfemales.Healsonotedthatwhitewomenmightenjoythecompanyofblackmenasmuchaswhitemenenjoythatofblackwomen.
• Theexchangeofwordsbetweenthetwonewspapersincreasedracialtensions.• AlfredMooreWaddellusedthesetensionstotheDemocraticParty’sadvantage,
callingfortheremovaloftheRepublicansandPopulistsinpowerinWilmingtonatthetime.
• Heproposedinaspeechthatthewhitecitizens,ifnecessary,should“choketheCapeFearwithcarcasses.”
• ManlywasrunoutofthecityaftertheNov.election,avoidingcertainlynching.Helivedtheremainderofhislifeinnorthernstates.
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Propaganda&Intimidation
• Thedaybeforetheelection,DemocratsheldarallyatThalianHallinwhichAlfredMooreWaddellgaveaspeechthatdemonstratedhisparty’sdetermination:
“YouareAnglo-Saxons.
Youarearmedandprepared,andyouwilldoyourduty.Bereadyatamoment’snotice.
Gotothepollstomorrow,andifyoufindtheNegrooutvoting,tellhimtoleavethepollsandifherefuseskill-shoothimdowninhistracks.
Weshallwintomorrowifwehavetodoitwithguns”
AlfredMooreWaddellNovember7,1898
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ElectionDay– Nov.8,1898
• AfricanAmericanvoters,braveinthefaceofhatredandintimidation,stillturnedoutinlargenumbersfortheelectionof1898.
• However,thenumberofRepublicansandPopulistswaslessthantheextremelylargenumberofDemocraticvoterswhoturnedout.
• TheDemocratswhofavoredwhitesupremacywerealsoreportedto“stuff”theballotboxes.– InWilmington,ballotcountingwasundisturbedinmostcityprecincts,butonepolling
placeintheAfricanAmericancommunitywas“stormed”bywhiteswhostuffedtheballotboxeswhenlightswereextinguished.
• Democratswonmostoftheircontestsacrossthestatewithlargemajorities.
• Overall,thedaywaspeacefulwithonlyafewincidentsofunrest.
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November9,1898
• EmboldenedbytheirElectionDayvictory,whitesmetattheWilmingtoncourthousethedayaftertheelectiontoplaceaseriesofdemandsontheAfricanAmericancommunity.
• Primaryamongthedemandsinthedocumentknownasthe“WhiteDeclarationofIndependence” wastheinstantremovalfromthecityofeditorAlexManlyandhisnewspaper.
• AdditionalresolutionscalledfortheresignationoftheMayorandChiefofPoliceofWilmington.WaddellwasnamedtoleadtheeffortofaCommitteeof25toeffectthedocument’sdemands.
“We,theundersignedcitizensoftheCityofWilmingtonandCountyofNewHanover,doherebydeclarethatwewillnolongerberuled,
andwillneveragainberuledbymenofAfricanorigin.”
PreambletotheWhiteDeclarationofIndependence.
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“CommitteeofColoredCitizens”• ACommitteeofColoredCitizenswascalledtohearthedemandsofthewhiteson
theeveningofNovember9th.• Waddellpresidedatthemeetingwhichwasattendedbyapproximately25whites
and32AfricanAmericans.TheAfricanAmericansinattendancewereselectedbecausetheywereseenbywhitesasthepolitical,socialandreligiousleaderswhocouldeffectchange.
• Inresponse,theAfricanAmericanleadersdraftedaresponsewritteninhumblelanguagethatindicatedtheywoulddowhattheycouldtoavoidconflict,eventhoughtheyhadnorealabilitytoaffectthewidercommunity.
WethecoloredcitizenstowhomwasreferredthematterofexpulsionfromthiscommunityofthepersonandpressofA.L.Manlybegmostrespectfullytosaythatweareinnowiseresponsiblefornorinanywaycondonetheobnoxiousarticlethatcalledforthyouractions.Neitherareweauthorizedtoactforhiminthismatter;butintheinterestofpeace,wewillmostwillinglyuseourinfluencetohaveyourwishescarriedout.” ResponseoftheCommitteeofColoredCitizens
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TheRiotBegins–WhiteSupremacistViolenceErupts
• Twodaysaftertheelection,onNov.10th,1989,violenceeruptedintowhatisnowknownasthe“WilmingtonRaceRiot.”
• WaddellhadscheduledameetingattheLightInfantryArmory,whereapproximately500whitemenassembled;atthemeetingitwasanticipatedthathewouldreceivetheresponsefromtheCommitteeofColoredCitizens.
• However,theirresponsehadnotarrivedandWaddellmadeuseofthecrowd’sfuror-- leadingaprocessionofmentoManly’s pressbuilding.
• WaddellleadthemtotheDailyRecordofficeseveralblocksaway.ThecrowdfollowingWaddellgrewtoabout2,000peopleastheymovedacrosstown.
• Themenproceededtobreakintothebuilding,destroytheprintingpressandburnthebuildingtotheground.
• ThewhitesdemandedthatManlyandhisnewspaperceasetopublishandthatManlybebannedfromthecommunity.
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Afterthepresswasdestroyed,agroupofmenpausedforanewsphotographerinfrontofthebuilding.
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ThisJustIn…BREAKINGNews!
• ImagineyouareatelevisionreporterstandinginfrontoftheWilmingtonDailyRecord’sofficeasthewhitemobisbeingphotographed.
• Preparea3-minutenewscastlivefromthescene,recappingwhathashappened.
• Yournewscastshouldincludeatleast6factsthatyou’velearnedthroughoutourdiscussiontoday.Youcanalsobecreative(i.e.pretendtointerviewsomeone)butyournewscastmustberealistictotheactualhistory.
• Writeoutyourscriptandbepreparedtodeliveryourreporttoclassmatesfirstthingtomorrow.
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TheWilmingtonRaceRiot–ViolenceSpreads
• AfricanAmericansarmedthemselvesforprotectionandwhitesbegantohuntandgunthemdownthroughoutthecity.
• Themobofwhitesincludedclergymen,lawyers,bankers,andmerchantswhoallbelievedthattheywereassertingtheirrightsascitizens.
• AccordingtoonenativeWilmingtonhistorian,“Hellbrokeloose”ataround11:00AMneartheintersectionofFourthandHarnettStreetsinthepredominantlyAfricanAmericanBrooklyncommunity.
• Shotswerefiredatthisintersectionandseveralblackmenlaydeadorwounded.
• Afterthefirstshotswerefired,a“runningfirefight”eruptedinthestreetswitharmedmenofbothracesrushingtothescene.
• AwhiteresidentofBrooklyn,WillMayo,waswoundednearthesiteofthefirstgunshotsandmanywhitessoughttoavengehissufferingbyshootingatanyblackmanthatcrossedtheirpath.
• IncludedastargetswereagoodnumberofAfricanAmericanmenwhowereheadingtotheirhomesonlunchbreakorseekingtoensurethesafetyoflovedones.
• Beforeofficialscouldsuppresstheviolence,shotscontinuedtoringoutaroundManhattanPark,deepintheAfricanAmericancommunity,killingseveralmoreAfricanAmericans.
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TheWilmingtonRaceRiot
AfencehadsurroundedManhattanParkbutwas“moweddown”byriflefire.Thedayaftertheriot,onewhiteparticipantwrotehisfuturewifethathewantedtotakehertoseethe“battle-scarred”treesandbuildingsinBrooklynwhenshereturnedtothecity.
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TheWilmingtonRaceRiots-ACoupd’etatofWilmington’sLocalGovernment
• Asgunshotsechoedthroughthecity,WaddellandotherleaderssoughttheresignationsofWilmington’sMayorandBoardofAldermenat4:00intheafternoon.
• Waddellwasthen“elected”mayorbyanewBoardofAldermenwhohadbeenhand-pickedbyleadingDemocratstorunthecity.
• NotlongafterWaddellassumedpower,allblackemployeesorappointedofficerswerefiredorreplaced.
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TheWilmingtonRaceRiot–BanishmentCampaign
• AnotherfacetoftheriotwasthatprominentAfricanAmericans–economic,religiousandpoliticalleaders– werearrested,jailed,andbanishedfromthecity.
• Thesemenwerepromisedthatreturningtotheirhomes,familiesandbusinesseswouldresultinphysicalharmand/ordeath.
BanishedAfricanAmericanleadersbeingmarchedtothetrainstationonNovember11th.
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Wilmington’sChangingPopulation
WhiteBlack
White 5,526 6,888 8,731 10,556 13,267Black 7,920 10,462 11,324 10,407 12,107
1870 1880 1890 1900 1910
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TheWilmingtonRaceRiots–InSummary,AFour-ProngedPlan
1. Stealtheelection.– Underthebannerofwhitesupremacy,theDemocraticPartyused
threats,intimidation,anti-blackpropagandaandstuffedballotboxestowinthestatewideelectionsonNov.8,1898.
2. Riot.– OnNov.10,armedwhitesattackedblacksandtheirproperty.
3. Stateacoup.– Astheriotunfolded,whiteleadersforcedthemayor,policechiefand
otherlocalleaderstoresignfromtheiroffices,placingthemselvesincharge.
4. Banishtheopposition.– Afterseizingpower,whitesremovedoppositionbybanishingtheir
mostableanddeterminedopponents,blackandwhite.
~Source:J.PederZane
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TheWilmingtonRaceRiot–Aftermath
• Casualties– Whentheriotended,itwasreportedthattwenty-fiveAfricanAmericanshadbeenkilled.However,itwasstrongly
suspectedthathundredsofAfricanAmericanshadbeenkilledandtheirbodiesdumpedintotheriver.– Actualnumbersofdeadandwoundedhaveneverbeentalliedand,duetoinconclusiveevidence,adefinitivefigure
mayneverbedetermined.
• Banishment– Duringtheriotandimmediatelyafterward,hundredsofAfricanAmericansleftthecitytofindlesshostilehomesfor
theirfamiliesandbusinesses.
• Changesinworkforce– AfricanAmericanswhoremainedormovedtoWilmingtonfacedharshracismandareductioninpay.
• SuffrageAmendment(1900)– DemocratswontheGovernor’sofficein1900usingelectioncampaigntacticssimilartothosein1898Wilmington.– In1900DemocratsthenpassedaSuffrageAmendmenttotheNCStateConstitutionthatvirtuallyeliminatedAfrican
AmericanvotingrightsandperpetuatedsegregationthatlasteduntiltheCivilRightsmovementsofthe1950’sand60’s.
– TheNorthCarolinasuffrageamendment– keytothe1900campaign– heldagrandfatherclause– ifone’sfatherorgrandfathervotedpriorto1867,anilliteratepersoncouldvoteuntil1908andthenmustpassaliteracytest.
• DiscriminationAcrosstheCountry– TheUnitedStatesSupremeCourtupheldthe"separatebutequal"doctrineintheir1896Plessyv.Ferguson decision,
throwingthecountry'sHighCourtonthesideofwhitesupremacy.– Inthe1890s,startingwithMississippi,mostsouthernstatesbeganmoresystematicallytodisfranchiseblackmalesby
imposingvoterregistrationrestrictions,suchasliteracytests,polltaxes,andthewhiteprimary.– Raceriotsacrossthecountrytookplace,leavingscoresofbothwhitesandblacksdead.In1919alone,26riotstook
placeacrosstheUS.
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Sources• News&Observer:“TheGhostsof1898,”specialfeaturebyTimTyson
• WilmingtonRaceRiotCommission:http://www.history.ncdcr.gov/1898-wrrc/
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