"Attention! Colored Citizens Attention!," broadside, 1876. (South Carolina Historical Society)

"Attention! Colored Citizens Attention!," broadside, 1876.
(South Carolina Historical Society)

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A call for South Carolina's black citizenry to protest "The Hamburg Massacre," in Edgefield county, refers to Gen. Matthew C. Butler, the area's most prominent Democrat, who led hundreds of armed whites in an attack against the town's black militia in early July, 1876. Five black men were murdered after being captured.

Among those listed to speak at the rally was Robert B. Elliott, former congressman from South Carolina.

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