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Wilmington Insurrection of 1898

10 November 1898

1898 white supremacist insurrection and coup d'état in North Carolina, United States. It took place on 10 November 1898 in what is now the United States. The setting was Wilmington. It was part of the Mass racial violence in the United States. Those involved included The News & Observer, Charles Brantley Aycock, Furnifold McLendel Simmons and Josephus Daniels. Its causes included white supremacy and Reconstruction Era. About 60 people died.

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