Wilmington insurrection of 1898

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The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 was a violent white supremacist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, in which elected Black and biracial city leaders were overthrown, Black residents were terrorized and killed, and a democratically elected government was replaced by white Democrats.

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Generate an image of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898 (The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 was a violent white supremacist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, in which elected Black and biracial city leaders were overthrown, Black residents were terrorized and killed, and a democratically elected government was replaced by white Democrats.)

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instanceOf coup d'état ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
political violence event ⓘ
race riot ⓘ
white supremacist terrorist attack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wilmington coup of 1898 ⓘ
Wilmington massacre of 1898 ⓘ
Wilmington race riot of 1898 ⓘ
commemoratedBy 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission ⓘ
North Carolina 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Report ⓘ
memorials and historical markers in Wilmington ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1898-11-10 ⓘ
followedBy North Carolina disfranchisement amendment of 1900 ⓘ
hasCause Democratic Party white supremacist campaign of 1898 in North Carolina ⓘ
disinformation and racist propaganda in local newspapers ⓘ
opposition to biracial Fusionist government ⓘ
post-Reconstruction racial backlash ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
hasEffect decades-long suppression of Black political rights in North Carolina ⓘ
entrenchment of one-party Democratic rule in North Carolina ⓘ
historicalPeriod Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

Post-Reconstruction United States ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era
locatedIn American South ⓘ
New Hanover County, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Wilmington
mediaCoverage The News & Observer (Raleigh) white supremacist campaign ⓘ
notableFor only successful coup d'état in United States history ⓘ
numberOfDeaths at least 60 ⓘ
possibly over 100 ⓘ
participant Alfred Moore Waddell ⓘ
Furnifold Simmons ⓘ
Josephus Daniels ⓘ
Naval Reserves of North Carolina ⓘ
Red Shirts ⓘ
Wilmington Light Infantry ⓘ
partOf history of African Americans in North Carolina ⓘ
history of racial violence in the United States ⓘ
perpetrator Red Shirts (white supremacist paramilitary group) ⓘ
linked to: Red Shirts

Wilmington white business and political elite ⓘ
local white Democrats ⓘ
white supremacist mob ⓘ
result consolidation of Jim Crow rule in North Carolina ⓘ
destruction of Black political power in Wilmington ⓘ
disenfranchisement of Black voters in North Carolina ⓘ
economic losses for Black community ⓘ
installation of white Democratic city government ⓘ
long-term Black out-migration from Wilmington ⓘ
overthrow of elected biracial Fusionist city government ⓘ
terrorization of Black population ⓘ
significantEvent armed white mob patrolling Black neighborhoods ⓘ
burning of The Daily Record office ⓘ
forced exile of Black leaders from Wilmington ⓘ
forced resignation of Wilmington mayor and aldermen ⓘ
startDate 1898-11-10 ⓘ
target Black economic independence ⓘ
Black political participation ⓘ
Black press ⓘ
Fusionist Republican–Populist coalition ⓘ
victim African American residents of Wilmington ⓘ
Black elected officials in Wilmington ⓘ
Black-owned businesses in Wilmington ⓘ
The Daily Record (Black-owned newspaper) ⓘ
biracial Fusionist city government ⓘ

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Wilmington insurrection of 1898 → alsoKnownAs → Wilmington massacre of 1898 ⓘ
linked to: Wilmington insurrection of 1898
Wilmington insurrection of 1898 → alsoKnownAs → Wilmington race riot of 1898 ⓘ
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Wilmington insurrection of 1898 → alsoKnownAs → Wilmington coup of 1898 ⓘ
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The Daily Record → destroyedIn → Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
The Daily Record → associatedWithEvent → Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
Wilmington Light Infantry → participatedIn → Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
Wilmington Light Infantry → participatedIn → Wilmington coup d’état of 1898 ⓘ
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Wilmington Light Infantry → participatedIn → Wilmington racial massacre of 1898 ⓘ
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Wilmington Light Infantry → alignedWith → North Carolina Democratic Party white supremacist campaign of 1898 ⓘ
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Fusionist Republican–Populist coalition → relatedEvent → Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
North Carolina disfranchisement amendment of 1900 → precededBy → Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission → mainSubject → 1898 Wilmington coup d’état ⓘ
linked to: Wilmington insurrection of 1898
1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission → mainSubject → 1898 Wilmington massacre ⓘ
linked to: Wilmington insurrection of 1898
North Carolina 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Report → subject → 1898 Wilmington coup d’état ⓘ
linked to: Wilmington insurrection of 1898
North Carolina 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Report → subject → 1898 Wilmington race massacre ⓘ
linked to: Wilmington insurrection of 1898
Alfred Moore Waddell → notableEvent → Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
Nadir of American race relations → includesEvent → Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ