The Battle of Liberty Place

ID: 6440 ~ Source: "The Louisiana Outrages - Attack upon the police in the streets of New Orleans," October 3, 1874, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Permanent Collection, https://catalog.hnoc.org/web/arena/search#/entity/thnoc-archive/1974.25.9.226/the-louisiana-outrages---attack-upon-the-police-in-the-streets-of-new-orleans.

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In an attempt to overthrow the Republican government of Louisiana, the White League of New Orleans attacked the interracial police force and the state militia. The Battle of Liberty Place was yet another example of violence used to intimidate Black and Republican politics.

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