Scene on Radio S6 E1: What Was Lost
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Jan 10, 2024 LeRae Umfleet, Cedric Harrison, David Cecelski, and William Sturkey discuss the successful coup d’etat in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898. Topics include the surprising world of Wilmington in the 19th century, the violence and lack of justice in the coup, and the challenges faced by black people during Reconstruction.
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Wilmington As A Successful Coup
- Wilmington 1898 was a successful coup and a coordinated white supremacist massacre that removed elected officials at gunpoint.
- The event should be as well known as Tulsa and Rosewood but has been suppressed by silence and lies.
The Lost World Of Pre-1898 Wilmington
- Wilmington before 1898 was a surprising center of Black civic, economic, and political life that many Americans don't know about.
- The city's lost world reshapes how we imagine possibilities for multiracial democracy in U.S. history.
Abraham Galloway's Maritime Escape
- Abraham Galloway escaped from bondage hidden in a ship from Wilmington Harbor in 1857 and joined militant anti-slavery efforts abroad.
- He returned as a Union spy and used his harbor connections to aid the Union and rescue his enslaved mother in 1863.