I am interested in the history of the case of Frazier Baker, do you know of resources that can help?
Answer
The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture has one document relating to this case.
Please see the attached links for this resource as well as external ones.
Citations
- Justesen, Benjamin R. Forgotten Legacy: William McKinley, George Henry White, and the Struggle for Black Equality. United States: LSU Press, 2020.
- Dray, Philip. At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America. United States: Random House Publishing Group, 2007.
- Powers, Arnold P. Devour Us Not: Short Stories of African American History. United States: Xlibris Corporation LLC, 2013.
- Roger K. Hux, “Lillian Clayton Jewett and the Rescue of the Baker Family, 1899-1900.” Historical Journal of Massachusetts Volume 19, No. 1 (Winter 1991).
Related Information
- The Famous Trial of the Eight Men Indicted for the Lynching of Frazier B. Baker and His Baby, Late U.S. Postmaster of Lake City in the U.S. Circuit Court, at Charleston, SC April 10-22, 1899 Opens in new window
- Postal Museum-1898 Postmaster Lynching Opens in new window
- Feb. 22, 1898: White Mob Lynches Frazier Baker and Daughter Julia Opens in new window
- Library of Congress-Mrs. Frazer Baker and children family of the murdered postmaster at Lake City, So. Carolina / Opens in new window
- NARA-Lynching and Ida B. Wells Opens in new window
- Outrage Documentary-Discussion Guide Opens in new window
- Poster from USF-“The Baker Family: A Story of Injustice Amid Reform" Opens in new window
- MUSC-McClennan Banks Hospital Exhibit Opens in new window
