Historical Newspaper: The Cainhoy Shooting--An Official Statement of the Affair
Subject
Cainhoy Massacre
Title
Historical Newspaper: The Cainhoy Shooting--An Official Statement of the Affair
Date
10/21/1876
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 2nd column, mid-page.
Chronicling America presents an October 21, 1876 article from the National Republican newspaper, by U.S. Marshal R. M. Wallace, that gives an account of the Cainhoy massacre- a shootout that took place between White and Black people at a political gathering outside of Charleston, South Carolina on October 16, 1876. The author provides a perspective on the conflict, its origins and the U.S. Army dispatches placed for the deployment of federal troops to the area.
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Chronicling America presents an October 21, 1876 article from the National Republican newspaper, by U.S. Marshal R. M. Wallace, that gives an account of the Cainhoy massacre- a shootout that took place between White and Black people at a political gathering outside of Charleston, South Carolina on October 16, 1876. The author provides a perspective on the conflict, its origins and the U.S. Army dispatches placed for the deployment of federal troops to the area.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (National Republican, D.C.)
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“Historical Newspaper: The Cainhoy Shooting--An Official Statement of the Affair,” Project Reconstruction, accessed December 7, 2023, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/374.