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Podcast: Murderous Roots with Denise & Zelda
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Episode 39: A Post Office Lynching

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:03:59
Publish Date: 2022-11-20 19:54:40
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We are finally here with Part 2 covering the story of Frazier B. Baker, the postmaster lynched in 1898 for the crime of being Black in South Carolina. In this episode, we explore Baker’s family tree and the shocking revelation Denise found in the census records. Then we discuss the villians; who were they and what happened to them? At the end we finish our discussion exploring the lives and family history of the “heroes”, Ida B. Welles and Lillian Clayton Jewett.

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