Red Shirts
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The Red Shirts were white supremacist paramilitary groups in the post–Civil War American South that used violence and intimidation to suppress Black voters and help restore conservative Democratic control after Reconstruction.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paramilitary organization
→
terrorist organization → white supremacist organization → |
| activeIn |
Alabama
→
Louisiana → Mississippi → North Carolina → South Carolina → |
| contributedTo |
disenfranchisement of Black citizens in the American South
→
end of Reconstruction in the South → establishment of Jim Crow laws → |
| country |
United States
→
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| ethos |
pro-Democratic Party (conservative wing)
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| goal |
overthrow of Reconstruction governments
→
restoration of conservative Democratic control in Southern states → suppression of Black voters → |
| ideology |
white nationalism
→
white supremacy → |
| inspiredBy |
Ku Klux Klan
→
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| involvedIn |
Ellenton massacre
→
Hamburg massacre → violence during the 1875 Mississippi elections → |
| notableEvent |
Mississippi Plan of 1875
→
South Carolina election of 1876 → |
| operatingArea |
American South
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| opposedTo |
Black suffrage
→
Reconstruction policies → Republican Party in the Reconstruction era → |
| politicalAlignment |
Democratic Party (United States)
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| relatedTo |
Ku Klux Klan
→
Redeemers → White League → |
| startTime |
1870s
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| symbolizes |
Democratic Party militancy in the Reconstruction South
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| targetedGroup |
African American voters
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Republican officeholders → white Republicans → |
| timePeriod |
Reconstruction era
→
post–Civil War era → |
| uniform |
red shirts worn as political symbol
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| usedTactic |
armed parades at polling places
→
assassination → lynching → political violence → threats against Republican officeholders → voter intimidation → whipping and beatings → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Mississippi Plan of 1875
→
Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) → Wilmington insurrection of 1898 → |
participant |
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Hamburg massacre
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perpetratedBy |
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Wilmington insurrection of 1898
("Red Shirts (white supremacist paramilitary group)")
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perpetrator |
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White League
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similarTo |