(RECONSTRUCTION VOTING RIOTS.) South Carolina in 1876. Testimony as to the Denial of the Elective Franchise in South Carolina at the Elections of 1875 and 1876. 1102 pages. Large, thick 8vo, modern black buckram, with titles in white on the spine; small de-accession stamp at rear; diagonal paper tear at page 116, affecting a few words. should be seen Washington, D.C., 1877
the extraordinary testimony and presentation of evidence following the massacres of blacks citizens attempting to vote in south carolina in 1876. Includes detailed accounts of the notorious Hamburgh Massacre, the Ellenton Assassinations and the general 'Murder, Terrorism, Intimidation and Fraud" organized by the Southern Democrats, together with the Klan and all to cooperative white citizens. The hair-raising testimony is laid out county by county from long lists of witnesses. The Hamburgh Massacre was largely the work of the so-called Red-Shirt militia. In all 94 white men were indicted for murder, no one was prosecuted. As a result of this, and other similar incidents and lack of any prosecutions, these Senate Hearings were begun shortly afterward. There were three volumes of testimony published. This appears to be the content of volumes 1 and 2, hastily bound by the institution that de-accessioned it, with the question/answer breaking off at page 1102. Oddly enough, OCLC locates only twelve copies.
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