Colfax massacre
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colfax-massacre-183-9861903
title:
Colfax massacre
text:
The Colfax massacre, sometimes referred to as the Colfax riot, occurred on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, the parish seat of Grant Parish. An estimated 62–153 Black militia men were murdered while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan. Three White men also died during the confrontation. After the contested 1872 election for governor of Louisiana and local offices, a group of White men armed with rifles and a small cannon overpo
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1873 murder of black men by white militia in Colfax, Louisiana
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colfax_massacre
date created:
2004-03-28T22:32:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T00:02:22Z
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