‘Events’ Category
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Revisiting the Bossier massacre of 1868 according to the Freedmen’s Bureau
0February 23, 2015 by elhseven
Synopsis of Murders Committed in Parishes of Caddo and Bossier September and October 1868 according to the Freedmen’s Bureau investigation. …
keep readingCategory Events, People, Places | Tags: Alfred Hazen, Asmar Hollingsworth, Bossier Parish Militia, Charles Stokes, Charles Wasson, Democratic ticket, Frank Dupree, G. McAlley, George Fields, Henry Dixon, Henry Jones, Henry Williams, Jacob Willard, James Carter, John Adams, John Johnson, murder, N. Taylor, Nelson Logan, Peyton Ward, R. Matthews, Reuben White, Robert Gray, Shady Grove plantation, Solomon Thomas, Squire Jones, terrorism of blacks, voter intimidation, William Ewell, Willis Dickson
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Outrage in Caddo – Three Colored Men Murdered in 1869
0February 16, 2014 by elhseven
I stumbled across this editorial recently which was reprinted in the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI) on Wednesday, February 10, …
keep readingCategory Events | Tags: 1869, Caddo Gazette, Caddo Parish, Edward's Place Plantation, Hate crime in Caddo parish, Mr. Wharton, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, three negro men murdered in Caddo
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Before we were Democrats…
0February 1, 2014 by elhseven
Newly freed slaves and slave descendants began heavily voting the Republican ticket from 1865 – 1868 electing Republican politicians who …
keep readingCategory Events | Tags: African American History, Bossier Riot, C.C. Antoine, Caddo Parish, Gilles Vandal, hate crimes, land ownership, Oscar J. Dunn, Pickney B.S. Pinchback, Reconstruction in Louisiana, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, Rural NW Louisiana, William G. Brown
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Bossier Race Riots of 1868
2January 3, 2014 by elhseven
The following excerpt was taken from Burton, Wilie. (1993). On the Black Side of Shreveport: A History (2nd edition.) The …
keep readingCategory Events | Tags: 1868, black soldiers, blacks, Bossier parish, Bossier Riot, Calvin Haskell, homeland terrorism, Lousiana, negroes, Reconstruction, Willie Burton
