Battle of Liberty Place

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The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.

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Battle of Liberty Place canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
insurrection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Canal Street ⓘ
Liberty Place riot ⓘ
cause opposition to Reconstruction policies ⓘ
white supremacist resistance to Black political rights ⓘ
conflictType political coup attempt ⓘ
white supremacist uprising ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1874-09-14 ⓘ
describedIn contemporary newspaper accounts from 1874 ⓘ
histories of Reconstruction in Louisiana ⓘ
endDate 1874-09-14 ⓘ
federalResponse deployment of U.S. Army troops to New Orleans ⓘ
followedBy Democratic "Redemption" in Louisiana ⓘ
hasEffect intimidation of Black and Republican voters ⓘ
undermining of Reconstruction government authority in Louisiana ⓘ
hasMonument Liberty Place Monument ⓘ
hasPart street fighting in New Orleans ⓘ
ideology Democratic Party paramilitary politics of the 1870s South ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
involves Governor William Pitt Kellogg ⓘ
President Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
linked to: Ulysses S. Grant
legacy symbol of white supremacist resistance to Reconstruction ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
mainBelligerent Republican state government of Louisiana ⓘ
White League ⓘ
motive overthrow of Reconstruction-era Republican rule in Louisiana ⓘ
numberOfCasualties dozens killed and wounded ⓘ
opponent Metropolitan Police of New Orleans ⓘ
federal troops of the United States ⓘ
state militia of Louisiana ⓘ
outcome White League forced to relinquish control after federal intervention ⓘ
partOf Reconstruction in Louisiana ⓘ
post–American Civil War racial violence ⓘ
place New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
politicalContext contested 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election ⓘ
relatedTo Colfax massacre ⓘ
Coushatta massacre ⓘ
linked to: Coushatta Massacre

White League ⓘ
result restoration of Republican government after federal intervention ⓘ
temporary overthrow of the Republican state government in New Orleans ⓘ
startDate 1874-09-14 ⓘ
temporalContext post–Civil War Reconstruction politics in the American South ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White League → notableEvent → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
Coushatta Massacre → relatedEvent → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
Grant administration → hasEvent → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
Battle of Canal Street → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
Battle of Canal Street → hasAlternativeName → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
Liberty Place Monument → commemorates → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
Democratic "Redemption" in Louisiana → hasPart → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
William Pitt Kellogg → participatedIn → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor William Pitt Kellogg
William Pitt Kellogg → conflict → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor William Pitt Kellogg
William Pitt Kellogg → involvedInEvent → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
John McEnery → involvedInEvent → Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ