The New Orleans (Louisiana) Massacre: Veterans of the Army of the Confederate States besiege a peaceful assembly of freedmen who are protesting the imposition of “Black Codes” and their denial of the elective franchise. At least 200 State sovereign Citizens and freedmen lose their lives.
[updated 3/13/2025]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 192.
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