In November 1898, on the heels of the state Democratic Party’s white supremacy campaign, violence broke out in Wilmington. A white mob burned the offices of a black newspaper and killed at least twenty-five African Americans, then threw the elected Republican government of the city out of town and installed a white Democratic mayor and council in its place. In this chapter, we’ll examine first-hand accounts of the riot and its aftermath. We’ll also evaluate at the “suffrage amendment” of 1899 that effectively barred blacks from voting in North Carolina.
- The Wilmington Record Editorial
- The Democrats Appeal to Voters
- The Wilmington Race Riot
- The "Revolutionary Mayor" of Wilmington
- Letter from an African American Citizen of Wilmington to the President
- J. Allen Kirk on the Wilmington Race Riot
- The Suffrage Amendment
- Voter Registration Cards
- Governor Aycock on "The Negro Problem"