Article with Audio: "C" is for Cainhoy Riot

Cainhoy Massacre

Article with Audio: "C" is for Cainhoy Riot

2021

Article with Audio

South Carolina Public Radio features a short article with audio, by Walter Edgar, on the Cainhoy Massacre- a shooting that broke out between White gunman and Black militiamen at a Black Republican gathering in Cainhoy, South Carolina on October 16, 1876. The source provides a perspective on why the massacre took place, its historical significance and President Ulysses S. Grant's subsequent decision to deploy more federal troops to the U.S. South.

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