after george henry white left office in 1900, no black citizens in north carolina serve in congress until 1992, so almost a century later. now after those three black aldermen were evicted at gunpoint in 1898 no black citizens are on the wilmington city council until 1972. it wasn't that long ago. the coup also installed white supremacy and jim crow as official state policy for nearly 50 years. it inspired what supremacists across the south. i'm going to give you one example. in georgia in 1906 there was a statewide election campaign and what supremacists there were 20 figure out a way to deny blacks the votes and steal the election. what do you think they did? they consulted with the leaders of the wilmington coup to find out how to do it. now, the white supremacist government governor who got elected was hope smith and here's a direct quote from him. core, we can handle the blacks the way they handled them in wilmington, where the woods were black with her hanging carcasses. carcasses. not all whites in wilmington white supremacist. in fact, white republican officials worked closely wit

the mckinley administration warned repeatedly before and during the summer and fall of 1898 george henry white, the congressman i mentioned that purposely in the white house with mckinley who warned him about what was going to happen if the clergymen also warned him about the same thing as did the white republican congressman from north carolina, the senator, sorry. they all warned him and george henry went back and asked president mckinley for help to send troops and other ministers did the same. as far as i can tell in the records, he didn't make one single public statement about the situation in wilmington. you have to remember this was in the aftermath of the spanish-american war and the peace negotiations were going very poorly. his administration was being accused of not taking care of the troops were dyin that were f yellow fever and they were poorly fed and it was a huge controversy. it was surprising that mckinley reacted that way because he was an abolitionist and had been a union officer and in fact he campaigned for the black vote. and he supported black suffrage. but he was also t

george henry white, the congressman i mentioned that in the white house with mckinley and warning warned him about what was going to happen . a group of black clergymen also met with mckinley and warned him about the same thing as did the white republican congressman from north carolina. the senator, sorry. all warned him after the riots and the two, george in re white went back and asked president mckinley for help, for intercession but then to send troops. other black ministers did the same. as far as i can tell in the records, mckinley did not make onesingle public statement about the situation in wilmington .you have to remember this was in the aftermath of the spanish-american war and the peace negotiations with the spanish were going very poorly. his administration was being accused of not taking care of the troops in cuba and puerto rico weredying of yellow fever. they were poorly fed . it was ahuge controversy . it was surprising that mckinley reacted that way because he was an abolitionist. he had been a union officer and in fact he campaigned for the black vote and supported bl

mckinley administration was warned repeatedly before hand, during the summer and fall of 1998 george henry white the congressman to mention the personally in the white house with mckinley and warned him about what is going to happen. in a group of black clergyman also met with mckinley and warned him about the same thing as did the white republican congressman from north carolina. the senator, sorry. it all warned him after the right in the coup and the coo church and we whites went back and asked president mckinley for help. for intercession. to send troops. other black ministers did the same. and as far as i can tell in the records, mckinley did not make one single public statement about the situation in wilmington. you have to remember that this was in the aftermath of the spanish-american war and the peace negotiations with the spanish going very poorly. his administration have been accused of not taking care of the troops and importing record dying and yell if in the reported bed. as a huge controversy and that was surprising mckinley reacted that way because he was an abolitionist. infinit

artillery were not at the battle of white plains, so there's a nine out of ten chance then that hamilton was not there, and furthermore, neither henry knox, his commander nor george washington mention hamilton or his unit by name, okay? now, this we do know for sure. hamilton first full-fledged combat. not just shooting the two ships in the river, you know, and a cannon explodes near him a few minutes later. this is full bat now, and as the grandson of an artillery officer at gaudal canal, my grandfather was a marine, i can appreciate how traumatic that must have been. he was at queens college like columbia was known as kings college where hamilton was attending for a few years and would have graduated from had war not broken out and my charming wife graduated from rutgers and it's a nice link to have and it was during the reunion where it said on the campus from the class of 1889. early in december, 1776, alexander ham top, not a graduate of king's college as the sign says, had a battery of horse artillery and crossed the fort delaying the advance of the british across the river while washington withdrew through princeton to trenton, and that is indeed true. the