Ablaze: The 1849 White Supremacist Attack on the Pendleton Post Office
In 1849 a mob of white supremacists eager to seize anti-slavery mailings attacked the US Post Office in Pendleton, South Carolina. They burned leaflets and letters in a bonfire on the village green to make clear their stance against incendiary ideas. This essay explores the context of these events b...
| Format: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
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Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Southern Spaces |
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| Online Access: | https://southernspaces.org/2022/ablaze-1849-white-supremacist-attack-pendleton-post-office/ |