Battle of Liberty Place

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The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
historical event
insurrection
alsoKnownAs Battle of Canal Street
Liberty Place riot
cause opposition to Reconstruction policies
white supremacist resistance to Black political rights
conflictType political coup attempt
white supremacist uprising
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1874-09-14
describedIn contemporary newspaper accounts from 1874
histories of Reconstruction in Louisiana
endDate 1874-09-14
federalResponse deployment of U.S. Army troops to New Orleans
followedBy Democratic "Redemption" in Louisiana
hasEffect intimidation of Black and Republican voters
undermining of Reconstruction government authority in Louisiana
hasMonument Liberty Place Monument
hasPart street fighting in New Orleans
ideology Democratic Party paramilitary politics of the 1870s South
white supremacy
involves Governor William Pitt Kellogg
Ulysses S. Grant
surface form: President Ulysses S. Grant
legacy symbol of white supremacist resistance to Reconstruction
locatedInTimePeriod Reconstruction era
mainBelligerent Republican state government of Louisiana
White League
motive overthrow of Reconstruction-era Republican rule in Louisiana
numberOfCasualties dozens killed and wounded
opponent New Orleans Police Department
surface form: Metropolitan Police of New Orleans

federal troops of the United States
state militia of Louisiana
outcome White League forced to relinquish control after federal intervention
partOf Reconstruction in Louisiana
post–American Civil War racial violence
place New Orleans
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
politicalContext contested 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election
relatedTo Colfax massacre
Coushatta Massacre
surface form: Coushatta massacre

White League
result restoration of Republican government after federal intervention
temporary overthrow of the Republican state government in New Orleans
startDate 1874-09-14
temporalContext post–Civil War Reconstruction politics in the American South

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White League notableEvent Battle of Liberty Place
Coushatta Massacre relatedEvent Battle of Liberty Place