Riot

1866 Gallatin County race riot

Aug 1866 · 38.76° N, 84.86° W

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When
Aug 1866
Kind
Riot
Coordinates
38.76° N, 84.86° W
Description
post-Civil War riot in Gallatin, Kentucky

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1866 Gallatin County race riot

Riot in Gallatin, Kentucky, US

The 1866 Gallatin County Race Riot took place from August 3 past August 13 a year after the close of the American Civil War in Gallatin County, Kentucky. It was part of waves of violence by whites against blacks in the state, and even in northern Kentucky, where the black population was relatively small. According to historians Lowell H. Harrison and James C.

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