Camilla massacre

When

23 Sep 1868

Kind

Massacre

Coordinates

31.23° N, 84.21° W

Description

1868 massacre in Georgia, United States

Placed at the town its title names, Camilla.

1868 massacre in Georgia, United States

The Camilla massacre took place in Camilla, Georgia, on Saturday, September 19, 1868. African Americans had been given the right to vote in Georgia's 1868 state constitution, which had passed in April, and in the months that followed, whites across the state used violence to combat their newfound political strength, often through the newly founded Ku Klux Klan.

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