Wilmington's Lie
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Manly’s accounts of November 10th events, 326 –327
as mayor, 247
November 10th events, incited by, 189 –191
November 10th events, reaction to, 266 –267 , 269 , 270
November 10th events, views of, 334
overview, xii
Spanish-American War and, 109
Vigilance Committee and, 97 –98
white labor and, 277 –278
White Supremacist Campaign inception and, 72
“Wilmington Declaration of Independence” and, 176 –185
Wilmington government overthrow and, 223 –224 , 225 –227
Waddell, Ellen Savage (second wife), 139
Waddell, Gabrielle DeRosset (third wife), 139 –140
Waddell, Hugh (great-grandfather), 12
Waddell, Julia Savage (first wife), 139
Walker, W. A., xx–xxi, 201
Washington, Booker T., 58
Washington Bee, 110–111 , 269
Washington Evening Star
on election day events, 163 –164
on federal troops speculation, 287
on November 10th events, 207
reaction to November 10th events, 268
Washington Post
gun purchase attempt by black men and, 104
reaction to November 10th events, 268
Red Shirts and, 133 , 158 –159
on “Wilmington Declaration of Independence,” 179
Watts, Alston, 323
weapons
black mens’ attempted purchase of, 102 –106
gun sales by Jacobi, 127 –128
KKK ownership of guns, 42
Moore’s drugstore and, 201 –202 , 206
of Naval Reserve, 213 –214
for private vessels, during Spanish-American War, 199
shortage of, 104
Spanish-American War and, 110
Weldon, Frank, 169
West, H. L. (Henry Litchfield), 148 , 179 , 181
White, Charles H., 106 , 159 –160
White, Cora Lena (wife), 322 , 323
White, Della (daughter), 322
White, George Henry
grandfather clause and, 321 –323
as last black congressman from North Carolina until 1972, 330
as North Carolina congressman, 68 , 293 , 303 , 311
overview, xii , 133
White Brotherhood, 32 –33 . See also Ku Klux Klan
white-capping, 127 –131
“White Declaration of Independence,” 165
White Government Unions (white supremacy clubs)
ballot stuffing and violence threatened by, 160 –161 , 167 –168
black voting suppressed by, 96 –97
Great White Man’s Rally and Basket Picnic, 121 –126
Spanish-American War and, 109 –110
White Labor Bureau, 277
White Laborer’s Union, 277 –278
White Man’s Convention, 135
White Supremacy Campaign
fear stoked about rape by black men, 77 –82
financing of, 80 –81
Great White Man’s Rally and Basket Picnic, 121 –126
inception, 65 –76
lasting impact of, 329 –336
naming of, 74 –75
“nigger,” newspaper debate about term, 39
rape accusations against blacks, 50 –51
revolution plans of, 137 –138 , 164 –165 , 183
“Rise Ye Sons of Carolina” (anthem), 162
Vigilance Committee, 97 –101
White Government Unions, 96 –97
Wilmington unrest at end of Civil War, 3 –10
Williamston, militia in, 152
Wilmington, North Carolina. See also election day events (November 8, 1898); Manly, Alexander; November 10, 1898, events; November 10, 1898, legacy; Waddell, Colonel Alfred Moore; Wilmington Light Infantry; Wilmington police department
black population statistics, 66 , 68 , 330 –331
Brooklyn neighborhood of, xviii –xxii , 195 , 199
Chamber of Commerce on white-labor campaign, 277
1898 Memorial Park, 342
election (1868), 41 –44
Galloway’s move to, 32
government overthrow, 220 –227
infrastructure (1898) of, 49 , 54 –55
jobs in, post-Civil War, 36 –38
Melton and, 114 , 115 –116
riot (November 10, 1898), xv –xxii
telegraph used in, 206 –207
voting population statistics (1868), 40 , 49
Wilmington Light Infantry, 90
Wilmington Cotton Mills Co., 98
Wilmington Daily Herald, 35–36
Wilmington Daily Journal , 35 –36 , 39
“Wilmington Declaration of Independence,” 175 –185
Committee of Colored Citizens’ response, 180 –185 , 189 –191 , 197 , 210 , 235
“White Men of Wilmington” meeting (November 9, 1898), 175 –180
Wilmington Gaslight Company, 107
Wilmington Herald, 4–5 , 15
“Wilmington in Black and White” (lecture), 338
Wilmington Journal
on election (1868), 42
on French, 117
history of, 337 –338
on interracial marriage, 40
KKK on emerging alliance of whites, 10
Wilmington Light Infantry
banishment campaign and, 238 , 243 –245 , 246 –247 , 251 , 253 , 254 , 255
Brooklyn violence and, 202 , 205 –211 , 214 –215 , 217 –218
demobilization of, 260 –261
mission of, 191
post-election riots, 190 –191 , 198 –199
riot and, xxi –xxii
Russell as commander of, 172 , 191
“situation serious” telegram and, 204 –206
Spanish-American War and, 107 –108 , 110 –113
Strange and, 165
Taylor and, 171
weapons and election violence expectations of, 161
weapons of, xxii , 105
Wilmington Messenger. See Messenger (Wilmington)
Wilmington police department. See also Melton, John
black employees fired by, 156
overview, 91
Perkins (black police officer) killed during November 10th events, 219
police recruited for election day, 157 –158 , 167
preparedness of, for election, 158
Wilmington government overthrow and, 220 –227
Wilmington Post
on Galloway, 32
Waddell and, 141 –142
“Wilmington Rebellion.” See November 10, 1898, events
Wilmington Star. See also Morning Star (Wilmington)
on election (1868), 43
fear stoked about rape by black men, 79 –80
location of, 48
on Manly’s editorial, 93 , 129
Wilmington Street Railway Company, 108
Wilmingtonton District Conference and Sunday School Convention of Methodists, 94
Wilson, Woodrow, 317
Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 102 –106
Worth, James S., 150 , 278
Wright, Daniel, 209 –210
Wright, Silas P.
on alcohol restrictions before election, 157 –158
banishment of, 254 –256
black policemen fired by, 156
federal investigation and, 295 –296
Harriss and, 168
Manly’s editorial and, 92
November 10th events and, 198 , 216 –217
overview, xii
police recruited for election day by, 157 –158 , 167
Red Shirts rally and, 149
“Remember the 6” campaign against, 114 , 115
resignation demanded of, 197
“Wilmington Declaration of Independence” and resignation demanded of, 178 –185
Wilmington government overthrow and, 220
–224 , 225 –226
Young, James H., 111 , 113 , 133
Zachary, R. E., 203