Historical Newspaper: Details of the Massacre of Democrats at Cainhoy--Treacherous Conduct of Republican Negroes--A Crowd of Mixed White and Black Citizens Fired Into by Negro Militiamen--Statements of an Eyewitness
Subject
Cainhoy Massacre
Title
Historical Newspaper: Details of the Massacre of Democrats at Cainhoy--Treacherous Conduct of Republican Negroes--A Crowd of Mixed White and Black Citizens Fired Into by Negro Militiamen--Statements of an Eyewitness
Date
10/18/1876
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 2nd column, 2nd paragraph.
Chronicling America presents an October 18, 1876 article from the New York Herald newspaper, author unknown, on the Cainhoy Massacre- a shooting that broke out between Black militia and White gunmen at a political gathering outside of Charleston on October 16, 1876. The author provides a perspective on the origins of the shootout, the casualties, citizenship rights, and the petition to send more federal troops into the area.
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Chronicling America presents an October 18, 1876 article from the New York Herald newspaper, author unknown, on the Cainhoy Massacre- a shooting that broke out between Black militia and White gunmen at a political gathering outside of Charleston on October 16, 1876. The author provides a perspective on the origins of the shootout, the casualties, citizenship rights, and the petition to send more federal troops into the area.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (New York Herald, NY)
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Citation
“Historical Newspaper: Details of the Massacre of Democrats at Cainhoy--Treacherous Conduct of Republican Negroes--A Crowd of Mixed White and Black Citizens Fired Into by Negro Militiamen--Statements of an Eyewitness,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 14, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/372.