Wilmington massacre
War
The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, was a coup d'état and a massacre which was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on... Wikipedia
Date: November 10, 1898
Location: Wilmington
Deaths: est. 14–300 black residents killed
No. of participants: 2,000
Perpetrators: "The Secret Nine"; Charles Aycock; Furnifold Simmons; Josephus Daniels, owner of The News & Observer; Alfred M. Waddell
Victims: est. 2,000 displaced black Americans; est. 20 Fusionists banished; Newspaper torched and gutted