The White League
This file appears in: Election Controversy and the Rise of the White League
An illustration from Harper's Weekly depicts an armed White Leaguer (left) reaching out to a Klansman.
This file appears in: Election Controversy and the Rise of the White League
Election Controversy and the Rise of the White League
The Battle of Liberty Place, which took place on September 14, 1874, exemplified the hostility that existed in Reconstruction-era New Orleans between the old social order on one side and so-called "carpetbaggers" and native Republicans on…