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Before we were Democrats…
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February 1, 2014 by elhseven

Newly freed slaves and slave descendants began heavily voting the Republican ticket from 1865 – 1868 electing Republican politicians who …
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Category 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
Bossier Race Riots of 1868
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January 3, 2014 by elhseven

The following excerpt was taken from Burton, Wilie. (1993). On the Black Side of Shreveport: A History (2nd edition.) The …
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Category Events | Tags: 1868, black soldiers, blacks, Bossier parish, Bossier Riot, Calvin Haskell, homeland terrorism, Lousiana, negroes, Reconstruction, Willie Burton

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Altorio Holden on Bossier Race Riots of 1868
Altorio Holden on Bossier Race Riots of 1868
admin on Before Belcher there was Horseshoe…