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Colfax Easter 1873 Riot and Mass Hangings
Contemporary reports describe Colfax on Easter morning 1873 as the site of a violent clash between white Democrats and black Republicans backed by Kellogg commissions. Armed black forces burned the courthouse, a truce flag appeared, and multiple white negotiators were fired on. Dozens of black residents were killed or hanged from a pecan tree later dubbed The Riot Tree as white forces sought revenge.
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Colfax
Louisiana
William Pitt Kellogg
Grant Parish
Kellogg
William Ward
Kellogg’s
Winn
Catahoula
Rapides
Natchitoches