In the midst of this incident, Michael Ryan presented a set of resolutions to Charles Vernou, demanding a response to the rape of two women. William Calhoun tried to prevent this incident by delivering a letter to the governor requesting reinforcements, but he was captured on the water by Paul Hooe and James Hadnot, who was later killed by friendly fire in this incident. This conflict began when Daniel Shaw and Robert Register took oaths of office as sheriff and judge. That led the opposing sher
In the midst of this incident, Michael Ryan presented a set of resolutions to Charles Vernou, demanding a response to the rape of two women. William Calhoun tried to prevent this incident by delivering a letter to the governor requesting reinforcements, but he was captured on the water by Paul Hooe and James Hadnot, who was later killed by friendly fire in this incident. This conflict began when Daniel Shaw and Robert Register took oaths of office as sheriff and judge. That led the opposing sheriff Christopher Columbus Nash to march on the local courthouse on Easter Sunday, prompting Governor William Kellogg to call in the militia. Several men arrested as a result of this incident were released because United States v. Cruikshank found that the Enforcement Act was unconstitutional. Perpetrated by groups like the Knights of the White Camellia, For 10 points, name this 1873 massacre of black freedmen at a small town in Louisiana, which had been named for the first vice president under Ulysses Grant.