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2015
Charlie Charlie Church Shooting
2015

Charlie Charlie Church Shooting

Dylann Roof, a white supremacist, murdered nine Black people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The attack targeted the Black community …
2015
cultural violence

Charlie Charlie Church Shooting

Dylann Roof, a white supremacist, murdered nine Black people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The attack targeted the Black community and was motivated by racial hatred, becoming a symbol of domestic terror.

Charleston, South Carolina, SC
African American Racial violence
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Dylann Roof, a white supremacist, murdered nine Black people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The attack targeted the Black community and was motivated by racial hatred, becoming a symbol of domestic terror.
1860
Lincoln's Election and Southern Secession
1860

Lincoln's Election and Southern Secession

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election on a platform of halting the expansion of slavery, which prompted immediate Southern responses[6]. Shortly after …
1860
institutional policy

Lincoln's Election and Southern Secession

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election on a platform of halting the expansion of slavery, which prompted immediate Southern responses[6]. Shortly after the election, slave states began seceding to form the Confederacy, with South Carolina being the first to secede in December …

Charleston, South Carolina, SC
Slavery & emancipation
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Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election on a platform of halting the expansion of slavery, which prompted immediate Southern responses[6]. Shortly after the election, slave states began seceding to form the Confederacy, with South Carolina being the first to secede in December 1860[6]. This chain of events directly led to the Civil War beginning when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, marking the culmination of decades of conflict over slavery expansion.
1822
Placeholder illustration for Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt Plot
1822

Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt Plot

Denmark Vesey, a freed slave, planned the largest slave revolt in U.S. history in Charleston, South Carolina, aiming to free thousands of …
1822
institutional discrimination

Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt Plot

Denmark Vesey, a freed slave, planned the largest slave revolt in U.S. history in Charleston, South Carolina, aiming to free thousands of enslaved people. The rebellion was betrayed before the plan could be carried out, leading to Vesey's execution and the deaths …

Charleston, South Carolina, SC
African American Jim Crow Slavery & emancipation
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Denmark Vesey, a freed slave, planned the largest slave revolt in U.S. history in Charleston, South Carolina, aiming to free thousands of enslaved people. The rebellion was betrayed before the plan could be carried out, leading to Vesey's execution and the deaths of approximately 35 other Black people. This event intensified racial insecurity and led to stricter slave codes in South Carolina.