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"The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina": Gender, White Supremacy, and the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898

"The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina": Gender, White Supremacy, and the Wilmington Race... "The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina": Gender, White Supremacy, and the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 Andrea Meryl Kirshenbaum Southern Cultures, Volume 4, Number 3, 1998, pp. 6-30 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1998.0060 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/424200/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 16:56 GMT from JHU Libraries ESSAY "The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina" Gender, White Supremacy, and the Wilmington Race Riot of 1 898 by Andrea Meryl Klrshenbaum ? ?? November 1 898 hundreds ofwhite men took to the streets of Wilmington, North Carolina, to retake the city from the clutches of "negro domination." The rioters began their day of death and destruction by reducing the offices of the local black newspaper to rubble. They then headed into the predominandy black section of the city, where shooting ensued. Most African Americans were defenseless against the onslaught ofwhite violence, destruction, and murder. Es- timates vary widely, but by the end of the day, anywhere from 14 to 250 people, most of them black, were dead, and many prominent Republicans, Populists, and African Americans were banished or had fled the city in fear.1 The Wilmington race riot of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

"The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina": Gender, White Supremacy, and the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898

Southern Cultures , Volume 4 (3) – Jan 4, 2012

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"The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina": Gender, White Supremacy, and the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 Andrea Meryl Kirshenbaum Southern Cultures, Volume 4, Number 3, 1998, pp. 6-30 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1998.0060 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/424200/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 16:56 GMT from JHU Libraries ESSAY "The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina" Gender, White Supremacy, and the Wilmington Race Riot of 1 898 by Andrea Meryl Klrshenbaum ? ?? November 1 898 hundreds ofwhite men took to the streets of Wilmington, North Carolina, to retake the city from the clutches of "negro domination." The rioters began their day of death and destruction by reducing the offices of the local black newspaper to rubble. They then headed into the predominandy black section of the city, where shooting ensued. Most African Americans were defenseless against the onslaught ofwhite violence, destruction, and murder. Es- timates vary widely, but by the end of the day, anywhere from 14 to 250 people, most of them black, were dead, and many prominent Republicans, Populists, and African Americans were banished or had fled the city in fear.1 The Wilmington race riot of

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