The Coup in Wilmington (1898)
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What's the Biggest Threat for Whites in the South?
In 18 98, a group called the redshirts terrorized elected officials in wilmington. They forced them to resign at gun point and then installed a new city council that they elect. By the end of the day, on wattle's orders, the new elected mayor basically starts this killingsbury. The coup killed anywhere between 60 to about 300 black people,. And then banish people basically say, don't ever come back at gum point.
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