White League
White paramilitary group from the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The White League, also known as the White Man's League,[2][3] was a white supremacist paramilitary terrorist organization started in the Southern United States in 1874 to intimidate freedmen into not voting and prevent Republican Party political organizing, while also being supported by regional elements of the Democratic Party. Its first chapter was formed in Grant Parish, Louisiana, and neighboring parishes and was made up of many of the Confederate veterans who had participated in the Colfax massacre in April 1873. Chapters were soon founded in New Orleans and other areas of the state.
White League | |
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White Man's League | |
Dates of operation | 1874–1876 |
Ideology | White supremacy, Neo-Confederate, Anti-Reconstruction |
Allies | Ku Klux Klan[1] |
Opponents | U.S. government, Northerners, African Americans, Carpetbaggers, Scalawags, Republican Party |
Battles and wars | Coushatta massacre Battle of Liberty Place |
Members of the White League were absorbed into the state militias and the National Guard.[4]