Colfax Riot

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath United States v. Cruikshank Supreme Court case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Colfax_Massacre
gptkbp:commemoratedBy April 13 (annually by some groups)
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 Riot
gptkbp:impact weakened federal enforcement of civil rights in the South
gptkbp:location gptkb:Colfax,_Louisiana
gptkbp:perpetrator white supremacists
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
white supremacist violence
gptkbp:resultedIn death of 3 white men
death of over 60 African Americans
gptkbp:significance marked one of the worst incidents of racial violence during Reconstruction
gptkbp:triggeredBy disputed 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election
gptkbp:victim African American freedmen
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colfax_Massacre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5