The Black Militiamen Shooting at the Wagon

A group of black men set up a picket to demand the return of an illegal barrel of whisky. They were shot at by white militia members, and one was later executed. Historian says it may have been important for them not to dismiss their armed demands as unimportant. The fact that a black militia had killed a white guy was not ok to local white alits., writes A.E. Marsons.