Negro Outrage in Alabama

Title

Source Type

Newspaper

Publisher

The Newcastle Daily Journal

Publication Place

England, UK

Publication Date

9/30/1874

Transcript

A difficulty took place in Greene County this forenoon, between this place and Forkland. Dr. Minor of Forkland, on visiting a patient on the Rome plantation, six railes from here, came upon a large body of negroes in arms and drilling. When asked what they meant, their leader replied that negro blood had been shed, and they were determined to have white blood. On his return to Forkland, Dr. Minor reported what he had seen, and the citizens sent two unarmed white men to pacify the negroes, and to let them know that the report that any negro had been killed was false. Upon approaching the negroes, these two men were fired upon and both wounded, one seriious mortally. This morning, the whites, to the number of 30 or 40, went down and dispersed the armed negroes, killing and wounding several of them. The negroes numbered 200. They are the same negroes tht stopped the Government rations, and have since held possessions of the public highway. When fired upon they dispersed, but they are reported to have reassembled, and declare that no white man shall pass the road on pain of death.

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