Draft:Clinton massacre
Comment: This is still far less than already exists at Clinton, Mississippi#Clinton Riot KylieTastic (talk) 12:10, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
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The Clinton massacre was the reported killing of some 20 African Americans in Clinton, Mississippi in September 4, 1875.[1][2]
In September 1875 during the election campaign, a Republican political rally was held in downtown Clinton, where 3,000 people were gathered expecting Governor Adelbert Ames and other prominent speakers. White insurgents disrupted the rally, attacking blacks in what was called the "Clinton Riot." It resulted in the deaths of several white men and an estimated 50 blacks later that night and over the next few days. More armed whites arrived by train and attacked blacks.[3] Among the black victims were schoolteachers, church leaders, and local Republican organizers.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sept. 4, 1875: Clinton, Mississippi Massacre".
- ^ Violent Extremism: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice. IGI Global. 5 October 2018. ISBN 9781522571209.
- ^ Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions ..., ed. by Dunbar Rowland, Southern Historical Publishing Association, 1907, pp. 455–459
- ^ Eric Foner, Reconstruction, 1865–1877, 1988, paperback: Perennial Press, 1989, p. 560