Frazier Baker

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Article
Article: Lynching: Ida B. Wells Barnett & the Outrage over the Frazier Baker Murder
The National Archives' Prologue Magazine features a 2008 article, by Trichita M. Chestnut, on Ida B. Wells Barnett's role in bringing national…

Article
Article: 1898 Postmaster Lynching
The Smithsonian National Postal Museum features an article from a 2014 online exhibit, Behind the Badge: The U.S. Postal Inspection Service. The short…

Article
Article: Lake City Post Office Renamed, Dedicated in Honor of Frazier B. Baker
The Associated Press presents a 2019 article, written by Shamira McCray, about the renaming of the Lake City, SC post office. According to the writer,…

Historical Document
Historical Resolutions: Historical Resolutions of Button Hill, South Carolina Concerning Lynching of Frazier Baker
DocsTeach features an 1898 historical document created by local residents in Button Hill, South Carolina in response to the murder of Frazier Baker -…

Historical Case File
Historical Case File: Case File 3463/98 [Frazier Baker]
The National Archives provides a historical case file on the 1898 federal investigation of the murder of Frazier Baker - the first Black postmaster in…

Historical Case File
Historical Case File: The Famous Trial of the Eight Men Indicted for the Lynching of Frazier B. Baker and His Baby, Late U.S. Postmaster of Lake City in the U.S. Circuit Court, at Charleston, SC
Note: The source calls the document a "pamphlet." The document contains 68 pages.The Lowcountry Digital Library provides an 1899 68-page document,…

Video
Video: Black Postmaster Honored 121 Years After Lynching, Duration: 2:22
The Associated Press presents a 2019 video on Dr. Fostenia W. Baker and her great uncle, Frazier Baker - the first Black postmaster in Lake City,…

Historical Photograph
Historical Photograph: Mrs. Frazer Baker and Children, Family of the Murdered Postmaster at Lake City, So. Carolina [...]
The Library of Congress presents a 1899 photo of the surviving family members of Frazier Baker- the first Black postmaster in Lake City, South…

Historical Photograph
Historical Photograph: Mrs. Frazer Baker and Children, Family of the Murdered Postmaster at Lake City, So. Carolina
The Library of Congress presents a 1988 photo of the surviving family members of Frazier Baker- the first Black postmaster in Lake City, South…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Negro Postmaster Murdered: Horrible Crime of a Mob in Williamsburg County
Note: See 4th column, 4th to last paragraph. Language may be offensive to readers; graphic language used.Chronicling America features a February 26,…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Baker and His Baby Shot, But Nobody Knows By Whom
Note: See 4th column, 1st paragraph. Language may be offensive to readers; graphic language used.Chronicling America features a March 23, 1898 from…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Negro Postmaster at Lake City Killed
Note: See last column, 9th paragraph. Some language may be offensive to readers; graphic language used.Chronicling America features an 1898 article,…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: The Bakers Off to Boston
Note: See 1st column, 1st paragraph. Some language may be offensive to readers.Chronicling America features a 1899 article in the The Wilson Times…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Hanged the Postmaster, A Negro Who Was Not Wanted
Note: See 2nd column, 1st paragraph. Language may be offensive to some readers.Chronicling America presents a April 1, 1899 article, writer unknown,…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Postmaster Assassinated! Lake City the Scene of Mob Violence
Note: See 1st column, 1st paragraph. Some language may be offensive to readers; graphic language used.Chronicling America features a February 24, 1898…

Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Baker's Murder
Note: See 3rd column, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America feature a March 26, 1898 article, writer unknown, that appeared in the Appeal newspaper about…