A building at the center of this event was briefly held by Robert Register and Sheriff Daniel Shaw against men like ex-Johnson's Island prisoner Christopher Columbus Nash.
A building at the center of this event was briefly held by Robert Register and Sheriff Daniel Shaw against men like ex-Johnson's Island prisoner Christopher Columbus Nash. Some participants in this event were arrested by James Roswell under the Enforcement Act, but their convictions were overturned by Justice Joseph Bradley, riding circuit. It was sparked by a disputed election for governor between Republican William Kellogg and Fusionist John McEnery. The perpetrators of this event were exonerated in Cruikshank v. US. Over 50 black Republicans were massacred after raising a white flag above a courthouse they were defending in this deadliest massacre during Reconstruction. For 10 points, name this 1873 massacre in a Louisiana parish capital named for Grant's first vice president.
A building at the center of this event was briefly held by Robert Register and Sheriff Daniel Shaw against men like ex-Johnson's Island prisoner Christopher Columbus Nash.
Colfax Massacre [or Colfax Riot]