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Democrat election fraud (view source)
Revision as of 10:36, February 27, 2021
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The White League had organized to restore [[white supremacy]] by driving Republicans out of Louisiana, disrupting their political organizing, and intimidating or murdering [[freedmen]].<ref>Eric Foner, ''Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877'', New York: Perennial Classics, 2002, p.550</ref> Like the Red Shirts and other "White Line" organizations, they were described as "the military arm of the [[Democratic Party]]."
The White League had organized to restore [[white supremacy]] by driving Republicans out of Louisiana, disrupting their political organizing, and intimidating or murdering [[freedmen]].<ref>Eric Foner, ''Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877'', New York: Perennial Classics, 2002, p.550</ref> Like the Red Shirts and other "White Line" organizations, they were described as "the military arm of the [[Democratic Party]]."
===Louisiana gubernatorial===
Democrat John McEnery and Republican William Pitt Kellogg both claimed victory. Five thousand members of the White League, made up largely of Confederate veterans, fought against the New Orleans Metropolitan Police and state militia. The insurgents held the statehouse, armory, and downtown for three days, retreating before the elected government was restored.
==See also==
==See also==