Hamburg massacre

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The Hamburg massacre was an 1876 white supremacist attack in Hamburg, South Carolina, in which armed Democrats killed and terrorized Black militiamen and citizens to help overthrow Reconstruction-era Republican rule.

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Hamburg massacre canonical 6
Hamburg Massacre 2
Hamburg riot 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Reconstruction-era political violence ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
racially motivated violence ⓘ
white supremacist attack ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical markers in Hamburg area ⓘ
documentedIn congressional investigations of Reconstruction violence ⓘ
reports by contemporary newspapers ⓘ
followedBy Ellenton massacre ⓘ
increased Red Shirt activity in South Carolina ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hamburg riot ⓘ
linked to: Hamburg massacre
hasCategory 1876 in the United States ⓘ
History of South Carolina ⓘ
Massacres of African Americans ⓘ
hasCause dispute over use of a public road by white men and Black militia company ⓘ
hasContext Reconstruction era ⓘ
post-Civil War United States ⓘ
hasCountry United States ⓘ
hasDate July 8, 1876 ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance example of Redemption-era racial terror ⓘ
helped Democrats regain control of South Carolina government in 1876 ⓘ
hasInjuredCount several African Americans wounded ⓘ
hasLegalOutcome no white perpetrators convicted ⓘ
hasLocation Aiken County, South Carolina ⓘ
Hamburg, South Carolina ⓘ
hasMethod armed assault ⓘ
extrajudicial executions ⓘ
siege of Black militia armory ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignmentOfPerpetrators Democratic Party ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignmentOfVictims Republican Party ⓘ
hasState South Carolina ⓘ
hasVictimCount at least 6 African Americans killed ⓘ
hasYear 1876 ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to overthrow Republican rule ⓘ
effort to suppress Black political power ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
partOf Democratic campaign of violence in 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election ⓘ
campaign to end Reconstruction in South Carolina ⓘ
perpetratedBy Red Shirts ⓘ
armed white Democrats ⓘ
local white paramilitary groups ⓘ
white supremacists ⓘ
precededBy Ku Klux Klan violence during early Reconstruction ⓘ
resultedIn intimidation of Black voters ⓘ
murder of several Black men ⓘ
terrorization of Black community in Hamburg ⓘ
weakening of Reconstruction-era Republican government in South Carolina ⓘ
targetedGroup African American citizens ⓘ
Black Republicans ⓘ
Black militiamen ⓘ

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

Hamburg massacre → hasAlternativeName → Hamburg riot ⓘ
linked to: Hamburg massacre
Red Shirts → involvedIn → Hamburg massacre ⓘ
Ellenton massacre → isSimilarTo → Hamburg massacre ⓘ
Coushatta Massacre → relatedEvent → Hamburg Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Hamburg massacre
Hamburg, South Carolina → notableForEvent → Hamburg massacre ⓘ
Reconstruction and its rollback → significantEvent → Hamburg Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Hamburg massacre
Hamburg riot of 1876 → alsoKnownAs → Hamburg massacre ⓘ