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Colfax Massacre

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Colfax Massacre
Colfax Massacre

On April 13, 1873, white militias attacked Black Republicans in Colfax, Louisiana, killing at least 60–150 Black men and executing captured prisoners. The massacre was one of the largest single-day incidents of racial terror during Reconstruction and aimed to overthrow the local Republican government.

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