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  1. 1873
    The Record

    Colfax Massacre

    On Easter Sunday, more than 300 armed white paramilitaries attack the Grant Parish courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana, killing between 62 and 153 Black defenders. The deadliest single massacre of Reconstruction.

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