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Colfax 1873: The Massacre That Betrayed Reconstruction, Resurrected White Supremacy

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Post date May 12, 2025
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Introduction: Easter Sunday Turned Tragic On Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, the town of Colfax, Louisiana, witnessed an atrocity so brutal it remains a stain on the history of American democracy. This rural settlement in Grant Parish became the battleground for one of the most violent racial confrontations during the Reconstruction era. In the aftermath […]

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The American Civil War: The Heroic Struggle for the Abolition of Slavery

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Post date January 1, 2021

The American Civil War: The Fight Against Slavery

This article provides an overview of the American Civil War, its causes, key battles, and the impact it had on the abolition of slavery in the United States.

Tags 19th century American history, A Nation Divided, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's Leadership During the Civil War, African American history, African American Soldiers in the Civil War, american civil war, American Civil War: A Nation Divided, Appomattox Court House: The Surrender that Ended the War, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Antietam: Bloodiest Day in American History, Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg: Turning Point in the Civil War, Causes of the Civil War, Causes of the Civil War: Slavery - States' Rights - Secession, Civil War Medicine: Advances and Challenges, Civil War Prisons and POW Camps: Andersonville and Elmira, Civil War Weapons and Technology: Rifles to Ironclads, Economic Impact of the Civil War: From Agriculture to Industry, emancipation proclamation, Emancipation Proclamation and the End of Slavery, Impact of the Civil War, Impact of the Civil War on American Society, Key Figures of the Civil War: Grant - Lee - Sherman, Legacy of the Civil War: Civil Rights and Reconciliation, Reconstruction Era, Reconstruction Era: Rebuilding a Shattered Nation, Secession Crisis: Prelude to the Civil War, Slavery abolition, The Home Front: Life During the Civil War, Underground Railroad: Escaping Slavery During the Civil War, Union vs Confederacy, Women's Role in the Civil War: Nurses - Spies - Activists