EOTO

Today in class we had an EOTO (each one teach one). It was about the Wilmington insurrection of 1898. The Wilmington insurrection was about a politically motivated event in which group of around 2,000 white men ransacked Wilmington and beat up most of the people living in the city. The attackers were upset with the way that the slave situation was going. They were without a doubt white supremacists and the massacre that they caused in Wilmington was meant to send a message of hate. At first,  the white press of Wilmington was calling this event a "race riot caused by blacks" but as time went on, the truth came to light. The whole reason why they destroyed this town was because of the fact that they did not like the fact that blacks and whites were serving together in the government. The fact that this happened does not surprise me at all. Everyone had a diff opinion and they were so split that that some people still have a hard time dealing with other races being equal today. There have been multiple events just like this one where hate groups ransack a town or village. I am pretty sure it happens today in some places too. Regardless, This event shows the true nature of some people and how far they will go to express their radicalized opinions. I really enjoyed hearing about this event from my classmates nonetheless. I find historical events like this very interesting because everything about the time period was different than today and it is like learning about an old world.

Vigilantes in Wilmington