An Absolute Massacre: The New Orleans Race Riot of July 30, 1866 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:James G. Jr. HollandsworthTheme:Chronological Period/1851-1899, Chronological Period/19th Century, Cultural Region/Deep South, Cultural Region/Mid-South, Cultural Region/Southeast U.S., Ethnic Orientation/African American, Geographic Orientation/LouisianaPublish date:10/1/2004Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807130292ISBN-10:080713029XUPC:9780807130292Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:African American & Black StudiesSize:8.88 x 6.50 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.286Product ID:SC7XEZYK3K
In the summer of 1866, racial tensions ran high in Louisiana as a constitutional convention considered disenfranchising former Confederates and enfranchising blacks. On July 30, a procession of black suffrage supporters pushed through an angry throng of hostile whites. Words were exchanged, shots rang out, and within minutes a riot erupted with unrestrained fury. When it was over, at least forty-eight men--an overwhelming majority of them black--lay dead and more than two hundred had been wounded. In An Absolute Massacre, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., examines the events surrounding the confrontation and offers a compelling look at the racial tinderbox that was the post-Civil War South.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807130292ISBN-10:080713029XUPC:9780807130292Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:African American & Black StudiesSize:8.88 x 6.50 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.286Product ID:SC7XEZYK3K
James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., was the author of The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience during the Civil War and Pretense of Glory: The Life of Nathaniel P. Banks.
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