This guide provides information and links to websites that detail the many racially inspired slaughters of African Americans in the United States of America by those considered white Americans.
"On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 African Americans killed. "
"To fight against Republican rule, many white Southerners joined groups such as the Ku Kluk Klan, which sought to intimidate blacks and keep them from voting. It is not know how many citizens from Vicksburg served in these organizations, but reserach has shown that large numbers of Confederate veterans joined such groups. Matters came to a head in Vicksburg in 1874, when a white faction made an effort to remove all black office holders from city and county government. Several black officials, including Warren County Sheriff Peter Crosby, were indicted by a Warren County grand jury in the fall of 1874. After teh indictment, an armed white mob forced Crosby from his office and took control of the county courthouse. Crosby's supporters marched on the city to try and restore him to office, and several skrimishes were fought between the two groups, and at least two whites and twenty-nine blacks were killed in the rioting. This would become known as the Vicksburg Race Riots of 1874."