Historical Photograph: Mrs. Frazer Baker and Children, Family of the Murdered Postmaster at Lake City, So. Carolina [...]

Frazier Baker

Historical Photograph: Mrs. Frazer Baker and Children, Family of the Murdered Postmaster at Lake City, So. Carolina [...]

1899

Historical Photograph

The Library of Congress presents a 1899 photo of the surviving family members of Frazier Baker- the first Black postmaster in Lake City, South Carolina who was murdered, along with his one year old daughter, in a racial terror attack by armed White men in 1898. The 1899 black and white photo shows Frazier's widow and two children seated, while the other two are standing.

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