Colfax Massacre of 1873

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath United States v. Cruikshank Supreme Court case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Colfax_Riot
gptkbp:commemoratedBy historical marker in Colfax, Louisiana
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date April 13, 1873
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colfax Massacre of 1873
gptkbp:impact weakened federal enforcement of civil rights in the South
gptkbp:involves African American Republican officeholders
armed white Democrats
gptkbp:location gptkb:Colfax,_Louisiana
gptkbp:perpetrator white supremacist paramilitaries
gptkbp:precededBy disputed local election results
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1872
gptkbp:resultedIn death of 3 white men
death of over 60 African Americans
gptkbp:significance one of the worst incidents of racial violence during Reconstruction
gptkbp:victim African American freedmen
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reconstruction_in_Louisiana
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7