What the records say
- When
- 1833
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 42.33° N, 83.05° W
- Description
- 1833 civil conflict in Detroit, Michigan
Placed at the town its description names, Detroit.
Blackburn Riots
1833 civil conflict in Detroit, Michigan
The Blackburn riots occurred during the summer of 1833 in Detroit, Michigan. They were the first race riots in the history of the city. The riots were spurred by the imprisonment of Thornton and Rutha Blackburn, an African-American couple that had escaped slavery in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1831. They were caught by slave catchers, thrown in jail, and sentenced to be returned to their owners in Kentucky.
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