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Wilmington Race Riot 1898

By bbalazs

  • Fusionists Win Control of the General Assembly

    The Fusionists, a Populist and Republican coalition, won control of the General Assembly.

  • Daniel Russel Elected

    Daniel Russel Elected
    Daniel Russel was the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction. He began to make changes in the city in favor of blacks and middle class whites.

  • Democratic Campaign

    Democratic Campaign
    Furnifold Simmons and a group of white businessmen, called the “Secret Nine,” led the Democratic Party in a campaign to regain control of the government in favor of white supremacy. Men called "Red Shirts" intimidated blacks and forced whites to vote for Democratic Party candidates.

  • Editorial Angers Whites

    Editorial Angers Whites
    An Editorial in 'The Wilmington Record" by Alex Manly angered the Democratic Party by questioning interracial relationships and the Democratic campaign.

  • Democrat Vicory

    The Democratic Party won the election in Wilmington and across NC.

  • Race Riot

    Race Riot
    Alfred M Waddell met a crowd of men at the Wilmington Light Infantry Armory and organized 2,000 whites to march on the Record printing office.They broke in and burned the building. By 11:00 a.m., violence had broken out across town at an intersection where groups of blacks and whites argued. Shots were fired and as many as 60 men were murdered.