Alfred Moore Waddell Announces and Executes Wilmington's Racial Overthrow

Former Confederate colonel Waddell announces days before the election: 'We will never surrender to a ragged raffle of negroes.' After Democrats win through fraud and intimidation, Waddell leads over 2,000 armed men — including a Gatling gun — to overthrow the remaining Fusionist city government. He rules as self-installed mayor for four years.