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Colfax massacre

armed confrontation between Republicans and Democrats in Colfax, Louisiana
Event Riot Q5144758
Colfax massacre
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Facts

10 properties
Instance of
riot
Country
United States[2]
Location
Colfax[3]
Part of
Reconstruction Era[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 31.517°, -92.712°[7]
Armament
rifle[5]
Coordinates
🗺️ 31.517°, -92.712°
Number of victims of killer
150.0[8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora[9]
Point in time
April 13, 1873[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Colfax massacre en Colfax riot ar مذبحة كولفاكس de Colfax-Massaker es Masacre de Colfax fa قتل عام کولفکس fr massacre de Colfax he הטבח בקולפקס it Massacro di Colfax ro masacrul de la Colfax ru Колфакская резня zh 科尔法克斯大屠杀 zh-hant 科爾法克斯大屠殺
🔖 Identifiers · 3
BlackPast.org ID
african-american-history/colfax-massacre-1873
Find a Grave memorial ID
86852507
Freebase ID
/m/02q3vw

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Armament 1
rifle
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
riot
Location 1
Colfax
Part of 1
Reconstruction Era
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Summary

Colfax massacre is a riot[1].

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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