Historical Resolutions: Historical Resolutions of Button Hill, South Carolina Concerning Lynching of Frazier Baker

Frazier Baker

Historical Resolutions: Historical Resolutions of Button Hill, South Carolina Concerning Lynching of Frazier Baker

1898

Historical Document

DocsTeach features an 1898 historical document created by local residents in Button Hill, South Carolina in response to the murder of Frazier Baker - the first Black postmaster in Lake City, South Carolina - and his one year old daughter by a group of armed White men. According to the source, Black community members sent the document to the Department of Justice seeking justice, the prosecution of the Baker murderers, and calling attention to racial terror attacks in general in South Carolina.

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