Newspaper report (<i>The Wilmington Weekly Star</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" class="extiw" title="w:Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>, U.S., November 11, 1898) describing meeting of White people of Wilmington demanding expulsion of Black editor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Manly" class="extiw" title="w:Alexander Manly">Alexander Manly</a> and removal of his newspaper <i>The Wilmington Daily Record</i>.
<ul><li>Background: The ultimatum was made mainly in response to an August 14, 1898 editorial in the <i>Daily Record</i> which advocated for interracial relationships between men and women. An image of the <i>Weekly Star's</i> reprint of the <i>Daily Record</i> editorial is shown and linked below.</li>
<li>This ultimatum is often called "The White Declaration of Independence". See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898#The_White_Declaration_of_Independence" class="extiw" title="w:Wilmington insurrection of 1898"><b>Wilmington insurrection of 1898 § The White Declaration of Independence</b></a></li></ul>
<i>The Wilmington Weekly Star</i> (newspaper in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S., 1898)
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