Coushatta Massacre

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The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reconstruction-era event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
politically motivated violence ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date August 1874 ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the collapse of Reconstruction in Louisiana ⓘ
example of organized white supremacist violence against Reconstruction governments ⓘ
lawEnforcementResponse lack of effective prosecution of perpetrators ⓘ
legacy symbol of Reconstruction-era racial terror in Louisiana ⓘ
location Coushatta, Louisiana ⓘ
Red River Parish, Louisiana ⓘ
method kidnapping and murder of Republican officials ⓘ
motive overthrow Republican rule in Louisiana ⓘ
restore white supremacist control ⓘ
undermine Black political rights ⓘ
numberOfVictims an unknown number of Black freedmen ⓘ
more than 6 white Republican officials ⓘ
partOf campaign of paramilitary violence during Reconstruction ⓘ
white supremacist insurgency in the U.S. South ⓘ
perpetrator White League ⓘ
perpetratorIdeology white supremacist paramilitary politics ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
politicalContext post–Civil War racial and political conflict ⓘ
struggle over control of Louisiana state government ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
Colfax Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Colfax massacre

Hamburg Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Hamburg massacre
relatedOrganization Democratic Party in Louisiana (19th century) ⓘ
result intimidation of Republican officials ⓘ
suppression of Black voting ⓘ
weakening of Reconstruction government in Louisiana ⓘ
state Louisiana ⓘ
target Black voters ⓘ
local Republican leadership ⓘ
timePeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
victimGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

Republican officeholders ⓘ
freedmen ⓘ

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White League → notableEvent → Coushatta Massacre ⓘ
Battle of Liberty Place → relatedTo → Coushatta massacre ⓘ
linked to: Coushatta Massacre
Coushatta, Louisiana → historicalEvent → Coushatta Massacre ⓘ
Coushatta, Louisiana → hasEvent → 1874 Coushatta Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Coushatta Massacre
Red River Parish, Louisiana → historicalEvent → Coushatta Massacre ⓘ