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Bicycles: Scourge of the streets?: In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.4; Newspaper editorials about a collision between a bicylclist and a pedestrian in Wilmington, North Carolina, 1897. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

Hysteria in Wilmington: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 9.8; Excerpt from the diary of Moses Ashley Curtis, a Wilmington tutor. Curtis describes the response of Wilmington residents to the threat of a slave insurrection in September, 1831, after Nat Turner's Rebellion. Includes historical commentary.; Format: diary

J. Allen Kirk on the Wilmington Race Riot: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.6; Account of the Wilmington Race Riot by the Rev. Dr. J. Allen Kirk, pastor of the Central Baptist Church. Kirk and his family hid in a graveyard from the white mob, then fled the city. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: pamphlet

Letter from an African American citizen of Wilmington to the President: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.5; Letter to President William McKinley, describing the Wilmington Race Riot and asking him to intervene and "send relief." Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

The "Revolutionary Mayor" of Wilmington: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.4; Account of the Wilmington Race Riot by Alfred Waddell, who had led the violence. Waddell blamed the violence on blacks and Wilmington's white Fusionist leaders, and he claimed that he had been legally elected mayor of Wilmington. Includes historical commentary.

A slave auction at Wilmington: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.7; Letter from a German traveler describing a slave auction in the 1780s. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Union attack on Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865: Map shows area surrounding forts Fisher, Buchanan and Anderson near Smithville, N.C. Fort Fisher, located on the peninsula formed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape Fear River, was the primary target of the Union assault. Details include locations of Confederate...; Format: image/map

The Wilmington Race Riot: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.3; In November 1898, on the heels of the state Democratic Party's white supremacy campaign, violence broke out in Wilmington. A white mob burned the offices of a black newspaper and killed at least twenty-five African Americans.; Format: article

The Wilmington Record editorial: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.1; Editorial by Alex Manly in the Wilmington (North Carolina) Record, an African American newspaper, 1898, that fueled the white anger against blacks that led to the Wilmington Race Riot. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

Wilmington, Fort Fisher, and the lifeline of the Confederacy: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.4; By the fall of 1864, Wilimington, North Carolina, protected by Fort Fisher, was the last major Confederate port still open. Ships running the Union blockade brought supplies to the port, which were then carried to armies in Virginia via the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. When Fort Fisher fell to Union forces in January 1865, Wilmington soon followed.; Format: article

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