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Hamburg Massacre

July 8, 1876

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Political cartoon the th right is a white man in a suit standing and presenting the black men to the left laying on the ground next to a wall that uses terms and phrases to pursue a political purpose explaining a massacre.

Cartoon Decrying the Hamburg Massacre

Cartoon depicting the Hamburg Massacre of 1876. From the August 1876 issue of Harper’s Weekly

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Title Hamburg Massacre
Coverage July 8, 1876
Author Richard Zuczek
Keywords bloody racial clash, local whites and African Americans, Doc Adams, Matthew C. Butler, militias, South Carolina Democratic Party, numerous confrontations
Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
URL https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/hamburg-massacre/view/images
Access Date November 17, 2024
Original Published Date April 15, 2016
Date of Last Update August 8, 2022

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Midlands

Time Periods

Reconstruction (1866-1877)

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Aiken County

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