Lynching of Frazier B. Baker and Julia Baker
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Lynching of Frazier B. Baker and Julia Baker
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Frazier B. Baker was an African-American teacher who was appointed as postmaster of Lake City, South Carolina in 1897 under the William McKinley administration. He and his infant daughter Julia Baker died at his house after being fatally shot during a white mob attack on February 22, 1898. The mob set the house on fire to force the family out. His wife and two of his other five children were wounded, but escaped the burning house and mob, and survived. Frazier Baker had been appointed postmaster
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African American man and his infant were lynched in the U.S.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Frazier_B._Baker_and_Julia_Baker
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2024-04-22T13:57:10Z
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