&quot;Man Hunters Destroy Arms.&quot; The Lexington dispatch (Lexington, South Carolina), May 14, 1913

"Man Hunters Destroy Arms." The Lexington dispatch (Lexington, South Carolina), May 14, 1913

Title: "Man Hunters Destroy Arms." The Lexington dispatch (Lexington, South Carolina), May 14, 1913
Description: This 1913 article from The Lexington Dispatch (Lexington, SC) showcases the fear that armed Black men provoked in rural Whites. The subject of the article is a pogrom of destruction that a “determined posse” embarked upon while supposedly searching for a “triple murderer.” The armed men “took the precaution to destroy all guns” in “the many miles of traversed territory,” in order to ward against a possible uprising. Black Americans are clearly considered to have no claim to Second Amendment rights, and the text makes it clear that the seizure and destruction of weapons was totally indiscriminate, aside from the consideration of race. The article speaks in congratulatory terms of the beatings of Black people who resisted the onslaught.
Creator: The Lexington Dispatch (Lexington, SC). See all items with this value
Publisher: Library of Congress
Date: May 14, 1913 See all items with this value
Type: Newspaper.
Format: PDF File.
Language: English.
Identifier: Library of Congress control number: sn84026907.
Subject: Local news, South Carolina, racism, Second Amendment. See all items with this value
Place: Lexington, South Carolina.
Temporal Coverage: 1913
Rights: Public Domain.

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