Battle of Canal Street

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The Battle of Canal Street, better known as the Battle of Liberty Place, was an 1874 armed insurrection in New Orleans in which the White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed insurrection ⓘ
coup attempt ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
aftermath strengthening of Redeemer Democratic movement in Louisiana ⓘ
undermining of Reconstruction in Louisiana ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
belligerent Metropolitan Police of New Orleans ⓘ
Reconstruction-era Republican state government of Louisiana ⓘ
White League ⓘ
state militia loyal to the Republican government ⓘ
cause White supremacist resistance to Black political participation ⓘ
opposition to Reconstruction policies in Louisiana ⓘ
commemoratedBy Liberty Place monument (later removed) ⓘ
conflictSide defenders: Republican state government and allied forces ⓘ
insurgents: White League ⓘ
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
conflictType urban armed uprising ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date September 14, 1874 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–American Civil War era ⓘ
ideologyOfInsurgents Democratic Party alignment in Reconstruction-era Louisiana ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
involves racial and political violence in the Reconstruction South ⓘ
location New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
namedAfter Canal Street in New Orleans ⓘ
opposedGovernment Republican Party government of Louisiana ⓘ
organizedBy White League ⓘ
partOf Reconstruction era ⓘ
post–Civil War Reconstruction in Louisiana ⓘ
politicalContext struggle over control of Louisiana state government during Reconstruction ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
relatedTo Reconstruction in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era

White League ⓘ
White supremacist paramilitary violence in the Reconstruction era ⓘ
restoredBy federal troops sent by the U.S. government ⓘ
result intervention by federal troops to restore the Republican government ⓘ
temporary overthrow of the Republican state government in New Orleans ⓘ
shortDescription 1874 White League insurrection that temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction Republican government in New Orleans ⓘ
significance major challenge to federal Reconstruction authority in Louisiana ⓘ
targetedEntity Reconstruction-era Republican state government of Louisiana ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
tookPlaceOn Canal Street ⓘ
year 1874 ⓘ

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Battle of Liberty Place → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Canal Street ⓘ