What the records say
- When
- 10 Nov 1898
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 34.22° N, 77.91° W
- Description
- 1898 white supremacist insurrection and coup d'état in North Carolina, United States
Wilmington massacre
1898 insurrection and massacre in North Carolina, US
The Wilmington massacre, also known as the Wilmington insurrection or the Wilmington coup, was a municipal-level coup d'état and a massacre that was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. The white press in Wilmington originally described the event as a race riot perpetrated by a mob of black people.
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