Colfax, Louisiana
E156574
Colfax, Louisiana is a small town in central Louisiana best known as the site of the 1873 Colfax massacre, one of the most violent episodes of Reconstruction-era racial conflict in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colfax, Louisiana canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1315797 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colfax, Louisiana Context triple: [Colfax massacre, location, Colfax, Louisiana]
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A.
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana is a small coastal community in Plaquemines Parish known for being one of the areas most severely devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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B.
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana is a parish in northeastern Louisiana that includes the city of Monroe and serves as an important regional center for commerce, education, and culture.
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C.
Bossier City
Bossier City is a mid-sized city in northwestern Louisiana, located across the Red River from Shreveport and known as part of a regional economic and casino-gaming hub.
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D.
Francisville
Francisville is the historical name by which the French port city of Le Havre was originally known.
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E.
Slidell, Louisiana
Slidell, Louisiana is a city in St. Tammany Parish near the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, serving as a key suburban and transportation hub within the New Orleans metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colfax, Louisiana Target entity description: Colfax, Louisiana is a small town in central Louisiana best known as the site of the 1873 Colfax massacre, one of the most violent episodes of Reconstruction-era racial conflict in the United States.
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A.
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana is a small coastal community in Plaquemines Parish known for being one of the areas most severely devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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B.
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana is a parish in northeastern Louisiana that includes the city of Monroe and serves as an important regional center for commerce, education, and culture.
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C.
Bossier City
Bossier City is a mid-sized city in northwestern Louisiana, located across the Red River from Shreveport and known as part of a regional economic and casino-gaming hub.
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D.
Francisville
Francisville is the historical name by which the French port city of Le Havre was originally known.
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E.
Slidell, Louisiana
Slidell, Louisiana is a city in St. Tammany Parish near the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, serving as a key suburban and transportation hub within the New Orleans metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ human settlement ⓘ massacre ⓘ municipality ⓘ town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 318 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1873-04-13 ⓘ |
| followedBy | United States v. Cruikshank ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–board of aldermen ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Reconstruction era
ⓘ
post–Civil War racial conflict in the United States ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Colfax massacre ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject | Colfax massacre ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Black freedmen
ⓘ
Republican officeholders ⓘ white paramilitary groups ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | small town ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 71417 ⓘ |
| hasSubject | federal enforcement of civil rights ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf |
Grant Parish, Louisiana
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surface form:
Grant Parish
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| locatedIn |
Colfax, Louisiana
self-linksurface differs
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Grant Parish, Louisiana ⓘ
surface form:
Grant Parish
Grant Parish, Louisiana ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
United States South
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| locatedInRegion |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
central Louisiana ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Red River of the South ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Schuyler Colfax ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most violent episodes of Reconstruction-era racial conflict in the United States
ⓘ
being the site of the 1873 Colfax massacre ⓘ |
| parish |
Grant Parish, Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Grant Parish
|
| result |
mass killing of Black citizens
ⓘ
overthrow of local Reconstruction government ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colfax, Louisiana Description of subject: Colfax, Louisiana is a small town in central Louisiana best known as the site of the 1873 Colfax massacre, one of the most violent episodes of Reconstruction-era racial conflict in the United States.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Colfax massacre