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It identified, by name, thirteen black men killed during the riot and listed nine more dead men whose identities could not be confirmed. Noting that the bodies of many black victims were either quickly buried or never recovered, the commission estimated that the total number of blacks killed was at least sixty.
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
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