Ellenton massacre
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The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ellenton riot | 2 |
| Ellenton massacre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1380061 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ellenton massacre Context triple: [Red Shirts, involvedIn, Ellenton massacre]
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Coushatta Massacre
The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.
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Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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Battle of Liberty Place
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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Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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Turner's Falls massacre
The Turner's Falls massacre was a brutal 1676 attack by English colonial militia on a Native American encampment during King Philip's War, resulting in the deaths of many Indigenous people, including women and children.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Ellenton massacre Target entity description: The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
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A.
Coushatta Massacre
The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.
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B.
Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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C.
Battle of Liberty Place
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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D.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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E.
Turner's Falls massacre
The Turner's Falls massacre was a brutal 1676 attack by English colonial militia on a Native American encampment during King Philip's War, resulting in the deaths of many Indigenous people, including women and children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reconstruction-era violence
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massacre ⓘ political violence ⓘ racially motivated violence ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasApproximateNumberOfDeaths |
a small number of white casualties
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at least several dozen Black victims ⓘ dozens of African Americans ⓘ |
| hasCause |
attempts to suppress Black voting rights
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political intimidation during the 1876 election campaign ⓘ white supremacist efforts to suppress Black civil rights ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Reconstruction politics in South Carolina
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post–Civil War racial tensions in the American South ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
consolidation of white Democratic dominance
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contribution to the end of Reconstruction in South Carolina ⓘ intimidation of Black voters ⓘ weakening of Republican political power in South Carolina ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | September 1876 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | post–Civil War era ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
contributed to the disenfranchisement of African Americans in South Carolina
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illustrated the use of paramilitary terror to overturn Reconstruction governments ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
overthrow of Reconstruction government
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racial terror ⓘ restoration of white Democratic control in South Carolina ⓘ |
| hasNature |
extralegal violence
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mob violence ⓘ racial terror campaign ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator |
Red Shirts
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white Democratic Party partisans in South Carolina ⓘ white supremacist paramilitaries ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAlignmentOfPerpetrators | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAlignmentOfVictims | Republican Party ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | September 1876 ⓘ |
| hasVictim |
African American residents
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Black Republican voters ⓘ |
| isDocumentedIn | reports of the U.S. Congress on Southern outrages ⓘ |
| isRememberedAs | one of the bloodiest Reconstruction-era massacres in South Carolina ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo |
Colfax massacre
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Hamburg massacre ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aiken County, South Carolina
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South Carolina ⓘ vicinity of Ellenton, South Carolina ⓘ |
| partOf |
1876 United States election violence
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Reconstruction era ⓘ
surface form:
United States Reconstruction era
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| targetedGroup |
Black communities in and around Ellenton
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Black militia members ⓘ Black political leaders ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Ellenton massacre Description of subject: The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Ellenton riot
this entity surface form:
Ellenton riot