A Centennial Fourth of July Democratic Celebration. The Massacre of Six Colored Citizens of the United States at Hamburgh, S. C., on July 4, 1876

Washington, 1876. 8vo, 16 pp. Some tape repairs to margins else fine, very good condition overall. Very Good. The transcript of the debates in Congress following the Hamburg Massacre, which as a seminal event in South Carolina’s history and in the use of violence as a form of voter suppression. The pamphlet here reproduces the debates in Congress in July 15th and 18th of 1876, debating whether or not to withdraw Federal troops from South Carolina and reassign them to Texas. Robert Smalls, the formerly enslaved Congressman from South Carolina’s Seventh District, was among those who spoke in favor of maintaining a troop presence in the state. The pamphlet was printed likely by the Republican National Committee to share the news of the massacre.