Horrors

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“The mob at the lake city post office--an artist’s portrayal,” [reproduced from the Boston Post, 10 August 1899. Included in "The Lynching of Postmaster Frazier Baker and His Infant Daughter Julia in Lake City, South Carolina, in 1898 and its Aftermath"]

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"Shortly before one o’clock on the morning of February 22, 1898, Frazier Baker, an African-American postmaster in the predominantly white hamlet of Lake City, South Carolina, awoke to discover a raging fire deliberately set in back of the small wooden structure that housed both his family and the town’s post office.  Caught between the rising flames and a group of hostile and well-armed white men outside the building, Baker, his wife, and their six children sought unsuccessfully to douse the blaze.  As they prepared to flee the post office, the mob opened fire." To read more click here and also here

Image Source:
Wikipedia

Subject:
Slavery - Horror - Lynching -Fire - Murder - Family - Child Postmaster - South Carolina