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In Reconstruction SC, Riot Follows a Ball Game
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | African Americans, Ball in the CultureAfrican Americans, Ball in the Culture |
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| City/State/Country: | Charleston, SC, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | In July 1869, a party of over 100 people, including a base ball club and a colored brass band, traveled south from Savannah to Charleston SC to play the Carolina Base Ball Club. Savannah triumphed, 35-17, before a large, mixed-race crowd, which spilled onto the playing field after the game and before a throwing contest was to be held. Police and bayonet-wielding troops were summoned; a melee ensued, and in the process the Savannah band kept playing "Dixie." Three weeks later, the Savannah Club returned. It won again, 57-36. And again there was violence, but it was limited this time.
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| Sources | Richard Hershberger, The Baseball Riot of 1869, Ordinary Times, February 4 2016. See http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/2016/02/04/the-baseball-race-riot-of-1869/. Richard's own sources are listed at the end of his article. |
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| Comment | Richard contemplates whether to call this a base ball riot. "There clearly is an argument that baseball is incidental to the riot." The story shows where sports history and cultural history overlap. Edit with form to add a comment |
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1869.10 In Reconstruction SC, Riot Follows a Ball Game"
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