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Lynching and political showdown split the South
A tense crowd in Hambright gathers to lynch a black man amid vigilante justice while Gaston and allies rally white voters to oust corrupt officials. In Boston and Raleigh the clash over race and democracy tests leaders Lowell Harris and Gaston as a new order, forged in war and violence, reshapes power.
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Taster
Ftci Seldier
Norman
Tom Camp
Gaston
Aston
Earth
Lowell
Order of Humanity
Harris
Lowetl
Hambright
South
Cooper Union
New York
Sallie Worth
Boston
Helen Lowell
Everett Lowell
Faneuil Hall
George Harris
Human Brotherhood
Tie
George
Simon Legree
Sallie
Europe
Democratic Party
Maine
Havana Harbor
Washington
Whd
Empire of Spain
James
Rio Grande
Worth Bagley
North Carolina
Santiago
Independence
Little City
Great Britain
Philadelphia
McLeod
Duncan McDonald
First Presbyterian Church
Susan Walker
Stern
Hard