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- An Act for preventing Tumultuous and riotous Assemblies
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.10
- Text of the Johnston Riot Act passed by the North Carolina Assembly in 1771, empowering the governor and colonial officials to use military force to put down uprisings of Regulators. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: legislation
- Chaos in Hillsborough
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.9
- Contemporary newspaper report about mob violence in Hillsborough, North Carolina, in October 1770. The violence was part of a series of protests by Regulators angry with illegal fees and corrupt officials. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- Creed of a Rioter
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.13
- During the American Revolution, Patriots who supported the war and independence committed frequent acts of violence against Loyalists and suspected Loyalists. This satirical essay was written in 1776 by an anonymous North Carolina Patriot disturbed by the extent of the violence.
- Format: essay
- A female raid
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.7
- Newspaper coverage of a raid on local stores by Confederate soldier's wives in Salisbury, North Carolina on March 18, 1863. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- 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.
- 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
