Red Shirts (Southern United States)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Red_Shirts_(Southern_United_States)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
late 19th century
gptkbp:activeIn gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:disbanded late 19th century
gptkbp:goal end Reconstruction
restore white Democratic rule
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Red Shirts (Southern United States)
gptkbp:ideology white supremacy
Democratic Party support
gptkbp:influencedElection gptkb:1876_South_Carolina_gubernatorial_election
gptkbp:method gptkb:murder
parades
intimidation
public displays
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Hamburg_Massacre
Ellenton riot
gptkbp:notableFor voter intimidation
supporting Democratic Party
suppressing African American votes
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Wade_Hampton_III
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Republican_Party
Reconstruction policies
gptkbp:region gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:White_League
Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:wornBy red shirts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ellenton_Massacre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6