The Vicksburg Massacre of 1874: How White Mobs Lynched Hundreds to Crush Black Political Power in Mississippi
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The Vicksburg massacre was one of the longest and deadliest attacks on freed Black Americans during the Reconstruction era. Beginning on December 7, 1874, and continuing until around January 5, 1875, the violence in Vicksburg, Mississippi left an estimated 150 to 300 Black people dead. For nearly a month, White mobs terrorized Black communities, burned […]
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