Hamburg riot of 1876

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Reconstruction-era event massacre politically motivated violence racially motivated attack

The Hamburg riot of 1876 was a Reconstruction-era white supremacist attack in Hamburg, South Carolina, in which armed Democrats killed and terrorized Black militiamen and residents to suppress African American political power.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Reconstruction-era event ⓘ massacre ⓘ politically motivated violence ⓘ racially motivated attack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hamburg massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	act of racial terrorism ⓘ white supremacist massacre ⓘ
commemoratedBy	historical markers in Hamburg, South Carolina ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
date	July 8, 1876 ⓘ
followedBy	Ellenton massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal	intimidation of Black Republicans ⓘ restoration of white Democratic control in South Carolina ⓘ suppression of African American voting ⓘ
hasCause	dispute over use of a public road by a Black militia company ⓘ white Democratic opposition to Black militia drills ⓘ
historicalContext	post–Civil War Reconstruction in the American South ⓘ
impact	contributed to the end of Reconstruction in South Carolina ⓘ used as a warning to Black voters across South Carolina ⓘ
involvedOrganization	Black militia company of the South Carolina National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ local white Democratic clubs ⓘ paramilitary groups allied with the Democratic Party in South Carolina ⓘ
locatedIn	Aiken County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Hamburg, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
motive	disenfranchisement of African American voters ⓘ political control by the Democratic Party ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ
notableFeature	extrajudicial executions of captured Black militiamen ⓘ impunity for most white perpetrators ⓘ
numberOfDeaths	at least 6 ⓘ
partOf	campaign of paramilitary violence in South Carolina in 1876 ⓘ white supremacist violence during Reconstruction ⓘ
perpetrator	armed white Democrats ⓘ white supremacists ⓘ
precededBy	escalating racial and political tensions in Aiken County ⓘ
relatedTo	African American suffrage during Reconstruction ⓘ Red Shirts (Southern United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ Redeemer governments in the post-Reconstruction South ⓘ
result	strengthening of Democratic Party control in South Carolina ⓘ terrorization of Black community in Hamburg ⓘ weakening of Republican political power in Aiken County ⓘ
studiedIn	historiography of Reconstruction-era racial violence ⓘ
target	African American political power ⓘ
timePeriod	Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ
victim	African American residents of Hamburg ⓘ Black militiamen ⓘ

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