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  1. Phoenix Election Riot
    date November 8, 1898 to November 14, 1898map ABBEVILLE, South Carolinatags Race-Relations, Crime/Violence

    In 1898 blacks in South Carolina outnumbered whites 3 to 1. The majority of whites at the time feared blacks possessed too much power and therefore supported decreasing the black vote through disfranchisement. One family in South Carolina, The Tolberts, stood in stark contrast to the majority and supported black rights. As a result the Tolberts controlled the Negro vote and exercised a significant...

  2. Jefferson Davis Responds to the Gibson County Massacre
    date September 2, 1874map SHELBY, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    On September 2, 1874 former President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, delivered a speech in Memphis, Tennessee denouncing a massacre of sixteen black men a week prior in Trenton, TN. The massacre was committed on August 26, and as the New York Times reported, “About 400 armed, disguised, mounted men,” set upon the jail with the design of kidnapping the sixteen black occupants. Historian Allan...

  3. Pennsylvania Quaker William Still Fought Against the Evils of Slavery
    date November 25, 1857map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Law, Politics, Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Health/Death

    On November 25, 1857, William Still recorded a story that told of the horrors of slavery in the South.  Still assisted a group of slaves on the journey to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.  He was among the abolitionists during this time that believed that blacks should be afforded equal rights and opportunities that would allow them to earn a living.  Still did not feel that blacks were...

  4. Grant Issues Order No. 11
    date January 18, 1863map MC CRACKEN, Kentuckytags Government, Politics, Race-Relations, Church/Religious-Activity, Economy

    In January of 1863 Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued an order that excluded anyone from the Jewish descent from his military department. Order eleven read, “The Jews, as a class, violating every trade regulation established by the Treasury Department, also Department orders, are hereby expelled from the department within twenty-four hours from the receipt of this order.”  The order then explained...

  5. Display of the Confederate Flag in Richmond Sparks Anger in Congress
    date February 17, 1867 to February 18, 1867map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Government, Politics, Race-Relations, Law

    On February 17, 1867 the New York Times reported on an act of reoccurring rebelliousness that happened within the city of Richmond, Virginia.  The incident that sparked all of the emotion was the display of the Confederate Flag during an event within the city.  Members of Congress and other Union loyalists decided that this act of rebelliousness proved that some of the southern states such as Virginia...

  6. Rebel General Gantt Tells Arkansas to Return to the Union
    date November 8, 1863 to November 9, 1863map PULASKI, Arkansastags Health/Death, African-Americans, Race-Relations, Government, Politics

    Confederate Brigadier General E.W. Gantt spoke to his fellow citizens of Arkansas, but also to all of the citizens of the South in his 1863 address.  The message in this address is that the Confederacy was fighting a war that they could never win and that the southern states would have more power and property if they would just return to the Union.  The General blamed several of the problems in the...

  7. Attorney General William on Enforcement Acts
    date April 2, 1875map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Government, Politics, Race-Relations, Crime/Violence, African-Americans

    The Colfax massacre of 1872, believed to be the most devastating occurrence of racial violence during Reconstruction, resulted in the death of around 150 freedmen at the hands of white supremacists. The events at Colfax resulted in only three men to convicted. However, disagreement led to the case entering the Supreme Court in the form of United States v. Cruikshank in 1876. The case brought in to...

  8. Freedmen and Republicans Murdered in New Orleans
    date July 30, 1866map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Politics, Race-Relations, African-Americans, Crime/Violence

    The New Orleans Riot occurred on July 30, 1866 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Whites instigated the riot and targeted freedmen. However, this riot was different from those of its time because it centered primarily on disagreements regarding Reconstruction policies. Radical Republicans were unhappy with former Confederates gaining power and influence under Governor Wells. Wells himself eventually noticed...

  9. The Freedmen’s Record Reports on the Prosperity of Freedmen
    date October, 1865 to 1865map SUFFOLK, Massachusettstags African-Americans, Economy, Race-Relations, Slavery

    According to the Freedmen’s Record report, many southerners perceived freedmen as “a hopelessly lazy, sensual creature who, if he has enough to satisfy the lowest animal wants, will be content.” They feared that freedmen would resort to theft instead of working to fulfill their needs.  The Record attempted to change these perceptions by exposing the tremendous success of freed African Americans...

  10. Freedmen Massacred at Opelousas
    date September 28, 1868 to September 29, 1868map ST LANDRY, Louisianatags Politics, Race-Relations, Crime/Violence, African-Americans

    The Opelousas massacre occurred in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, on September 28, 1868. It centered around Emerson Bentley, a white editor for a local newspaper called The Landry Progress and an influential schoolteacher who promoted the education of black children. Bentley wrote an article that local members of the Seymour Knights, a branch unit of the white supremacist group The Knights of the White...

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