The Coup on Cape Fear - Part One: The Dark Scheme
Historical Blindness
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The Wilmington Insurrection
The wilmington coup that i will be discussing has been called the only successful insurrection or coup in american history. But that's not quite accurate. One white supremacist anti reconstruction insurrection, the election massacre of 18 70, for in alabama, was quite successful in driving out the reconstruction government and suppressing black voters. The leaders of these anti reconstruction coups were never prosecuted. And this false narrative of their massacre and cop was accepted as accurate history for more than 50 years. It is a son warning us against letting the leaders of such an insurrection go unpunished.
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