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Slavery- Slavery is a massacre and its an act of terrorism. I don't understand why people think that the United States enslaving people not an act of terrorism. The Trail of Tears is an act of terrorism too. The Natives were innocent people.911 comes around and the Armericans claim it's the worst this that happened in the United States. NO IT'S NOT |
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==See also== |
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* [[Murder of workers in labor disputes in the United States]] |
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* [[List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 18:54, 13 October 2017
This is a partial list of massacres in the United States; it excludes single perpetrator massacres; death tolls may be approximate.
- For Single perpetrator events and shooting sprees, see Lists of rampage killers, Category:Spree shootings in the United States, and Category:Mass shootings in the United States by year
- For School shootings, see List of school shootings in the United States.
- For Race riots, see Mass racial violence in the United States.
- For Indian massacres, see Indian massacres.
- For Terrorism deaths, see List of terrorist incidents in the United States.
- For Labor dispute deaths, see List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes.
- For Serial killers, see List of serial killers in the United States.
List
Name | Date | Location | State | Deaths | Notes |
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Guadalupe Canyon massacre | 1881 Aug 13 | Guadalupe Mountains, Arizona Territory | Arizona | 5 | 1 wounded; cowboys ambushed while sleeping. Perpetrators disputed.[1] |
Chinese massacre | 1871 Oct 24 | Los Angeles, California | California | >18 | Killed by hanging and unknown injured in ethnic white mob violence against people and property in Chinatown.[2][3] |
Golden Dragon massacre | 1977 Sep 4 | San Francisco | California | 5 | 11 injured.[4] |
Bloody Island massacre | 1850 May 15 | Clear Lake | California | 60–100 | Retaliation by a Cavalry Regiment of the US Army for the murder of Frontiersman Andrew Kelsey and Charles Stone. |
Ludlow Massacre | 1914 Apr 20 | Ludlow | Colorado | 19 | Killed by Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company camp guards on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families, many of whom were immigrants or minorities.[5] |
Columbine Mine massacre | 1927 Nov 21 | Serene | Colorado | 6 | Miners killed with machine guns during coal mine strike.[6] |
Rosewood massacre | 1923 Jan | Rosewood | Florida | 8 | The entire population of African-Americans in and near Rosewood, about 350, were forced from their homes and never returned.[7] |
Hanapepe massacre | 1924 Sep 9 | Hanapepe | Hawaii | 20 | 101 arrested.[8] |
Haymarket affair | 1886 May 4 | Chicago | Illinois | 11 | More than 130 injured by dynamite bomb and crossfire of bullets.[9] |
Herrin massacre | 1922 Jun 21 | Herrin | Illinois | 23 | Strikebreakers and union guards at coal mine.[10] |
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre | 1929 Feb 14 | Chicago | Illinois | 7 | Prohibition gang killing.[11] |
Brown's Chicken massacre | 1993 Jan 8 | Palatine | Illinois | 7 | Store robbery with murder. |
Spirit Lake Massacre | 1857 March 5–12 | West Okoboji | Iowa | 35–40 | A band of Dakota people led by Inkpaduta conducted a series of raids on white settlers. |
Villisca massacre | 1912 Jun 10 | Villisca | Iowa | 8 | Unsolved axe murders of members of 2 families.[12][13][14] |
Pottawatomie massacre | 1856 May 24–25 | Franklin County | Kansas | 5 | John Brown and followers killed 5 pro-slavery Kansans.[15][16] |
Marais des Cygnes massacre | 1858 May 19 | Linn County | Kansas | 5 | Last major outbreak of violence in Bleeding Kansas.[17] |
Lawrence massacre | 1863 Aug 21 | Douglas County | Kansas | 185–200 | Pro-Confederate Guerrillas killed civilians and burned a quarter of the town.[18] |
Wichita Massacre | 2000 Dec 8–14 | Wichita | Kansas | 5 | Two brothers committed multiple acts of assault, robbery, rape and the murder of several people over the course of a week.[19] |
Bloody Monday | 1855 Aug 6 | Louisville | Kentucky | >22 | Scores injured in religious mob violence and arson.[20] |
Colfax massacre | 1873 Apr 13 | Colfax | Louisiana | 83–153 | Blacks killed at courthouse and as prisoners afterwards.[21] |
Coushatta massacre | 1874 Aug | Coushatta | Louisiana | 11–26 | Six whites, remainder black killed as political intimidation.[22][23] |
Thibodaux massacre | 1887 Nov 22 | Thibodaux | Louisiana | >35 | Perhaps as many as 300 killed, 5+ injuries to striking black sugar-cane workers.[24][25] |
McDonald's massacre | 1984 July 18 | San Ysidro | California | 21 | 21 killed 19 more injured. Walked into McDonald's and started shooting. Victims age from 8 months - 74 years old. The massacre lasted for 77 minutes. |
Boston Massacre | 1770 Mar 5 | Boston | Massachusetts | 5 | 11 civilians injured by British Army soldiers.[26] |
Haun's Mill massacre | 1838 Oct 30 | Fairview Township | Missouri | 19 | Mob/militia attacked Mormons.[27] |
Kansas City massacre | 1933 Jun 17 | Kansas City | Missouri | 5 | The dead include law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive shot by members of a gang.[28] |
Sacking of Osceola | 1861 Sep 23 | Osceola | Missouri | 9 | Tried by drumhead court martial and executed, town of 3,000 sacked and burned in a raid by Jim Lane's Kansas Brigade.[29][better source needed] |
Centralia massacre | 1864 Sep 27 | Centralia | Missouri | 24 | Unarmed U.S. soldiers murdered by their Confederate captors including Jesse James. 123 killed in ensuing Battle of Centralia.[30] |
Baylor Massacre | 1778 Sep 27 | River Vale | New Jersey | 15 | 54 captured or wounded by British.[31] |
Greensboro massacre | 1979 Nov 3 | Greensboro, North Carolina | North Carolina | 5 | Violent clash between Ku Klux Klan and Communist Workers' Party demonstration. |
Shelton Laurel massacre | 1863 Jan 18 | Madison County | North Carolina | 13 | Unarmed Unionists, including three boys, were shot by Confederates after capture.[32] |
Greenwood massacre | 1921 May 31 and Jun 1 | City of Tulsa, | Oklahoma | 39–300 | ≥ 800 wounded. One of the nation's worst incidents of racial violence. |
Goingsnake massacre | 1872 Apr 15 | Tahlequah, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) | Oklahoma | 11 | Died in a shoot out in a crowded courtroom, the dead included 8 Deputy US Marshals and 3 Cherokee citizens. Six Cherokee were wounded including the defendant and the judge.[33] |
Chinese Massacre Cove | 1887 May | Wallowa County | Oregon | 10–34 | Chinese gold miners ambushed and murdered by a gang of horse thieves. |
Paoli massacre | 1777 Sep 20 | near Paoli | Pennsylvania | 61 | Patriots under command of General Anthony Wayne killed by British Soldiers under command of General Charles Grey. |
Lattimer massacre | 1897 Sep 10 | near Hazleton | Pennsylvania | 19 | Coal miners killed by sheriff's posse. |
Ponce massacre | 1937 Mar 21 | Ponce | Puerto Rico | 19 | protestors killed by police |
Hamburg massacre | 1876 Jul 4 | Hamburg | South Carolina | 7 | Town looted in a racially motivated incident during Reconstruction. |
Waxhaw massacre | 1780 May 29 | Lancaster | South Carolina | 118 | 150 wounded, 53 captured by British against American Revolutionary soldiers. |
Fort Pillow massacre | 1864 Apr 12 | Henning | Tennessee | 277-297 | Federal (and mostly black) troops were killed by Confederate soldiers while trying to surrender. |
Nueces massacre | 1862 Aug 10 | Kinney County | Texas | 34 | German Texans killed by Confederate soldiers. |
Mountain Meadows massacre | 1857 Sep 7–11 | Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory | Utah | 100–140 | Emigrant wagon train annihilated by the Mormon Utah Territorial Militia. |
Pinhook massacre | 1881 June 1 | Southeastern Utah | Utah | 13 | Started when Ute Indians allegedly killed ranchers and stole horses in Colorado. As the Ute moved into the southeastern Utah, a battle between the Indians and a band of ranchers and cowboys who blamed Utes for the loss of their livestock was fought, resulting in the death of 13 cowboys in the gunfight.[34] |
Midnight Massacre | 1945 Jul 7–8 | Salina, Utah | Utah | 9 | German POWs killed by an American guard |
Saltville massacre | 1864 Oct 2–3 | Saltville | Virginia | 45–50 | Wounded/captured Federal black troops by Confederate soldiers and guerrillas.[35] |
Everett massacre | 1916 Nov 5 | Everett | Washington | 5 | 27 injured and scores of labor unionists arrested by police and vigilantes. |
Centralia massacre | 1919 Nov 11 | Centralia | Washington | 6 | Many injured in a street conflict between American Legion and Industrial Workers of the World members. |
Wah Mee massacre | 1983 Feb 18 | Seattle | Washington | 13 | 1 injured by 3 perpetrators during an armed robbery. |
Bay View massacre | 1886 May 5 | Bay View | Wisconsin | 7 | Labor protesters killed by National Guardsmen. |
Matewan massacre | 1920 May 19 | Matewan | West Virginia | 11 | The confrontation resulted in the deaths of Matewan Mayor Cabell Testerman, two striking coal miners, seven men from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, and an unarmed bystander. |
Rock Springs massacre | 1885 Sep 2 | Rock Springs | Wyoming | 28 | 15 injured in a racial dispute between white and Chinese miners. |
Slavery- Slavery is a massacre and its an act of terrorism. I don't understand why people think that the United States enslaving people not an act of terrorism. The Trail of Tears is an act of terrorism too. The Natives were innocent people.911 comes around and the Armericans claim it's the worst this that happened in the United States. NO IT'S NOT
References
- ^ Traywick, Ben T., Wyatt Earp's Thirteen Dead Men: Chapter 6, The Tombstone News, accessdate 26 December 2012.
- ^ Zesch, Scott, "Chinese Los Angeles in 1870–1871: The Makings of a Massacre", Southern California Quarterly, 90 (Summer 2008), 109–158
- ^ De Falla, Paul M., "Lantern in the Western Sky", The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 42 (March 1960), 57–88 (Part I), and 42 (June 1960), 161–185 (Part II)
- ^ Mullen, Kevin J., Chinatown Squad: Policing the Dragon from the Gold Rush to the 21st Century 978-0926664104 - 208 pages Noir Publications, 1 September 2008
- ^ Simmons, R. Laurie, Thomas H. Simmons, Charles Haecker, and Erika Martin Siebert (May 2008), National Historic Landmark Nomination: Ludlow Tent Colony Site (pdf), National Park Service
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Myers, Richard; Eric Margolis; Joanna Sampson; Phil Goodstein (2005). May, Lowell (ed.). Slaughter in Serene: the Columbine Coal Strike Reader. Bread and Roses Workers' Cultural Center & Industrial Workers of the World. ISBN 0-917124-01-4.
- ^ D'Orso, Michael (1996). Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood, Grosset/Putnam. ISBN 0-399-14147-2
- ^ Chapin, Helen Geracimos (1996). "Suppressing the News and Contributing to a Massacre". Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawai'i. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 131–138. ISBN 978-0-8248-1718-3.
- ^ "Lists of National Historic Landmarks". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. March 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- ^ Paul M. Angle, Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness, University of Illinois Press, 1992, page 294
- ^ Taylor, Troy 2008. Blood, Roses and Valentines: The haunted history of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, accessdate 27 December 2012
- ^ PDF He said he killed eight at God's command: Iowa preacher studying sermon on 'slay utterly' when impulse to slay seized him. New York Times, 2 September 1917, accessdate 28 December 2012
- ^ Villisca Axe Murders, 1912, accessdate 28 December 2012.
- ^ Carlson, Mark, 100 Years After Iowa Ax Murders, Case Remains Unsolved KCRG ABC, accessdate 28 December 2012.
- ^ PBS Online. People & Events: Pottawatomie Massacre "John Brown's Holy War." The American Experience. WGBH, 1999, accessdate 28 December 2012.
- ^ Reynolds, David S. John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights. New York: Vintage, 2005. ISBN 0-375-41188-7.
- ^ Kansas Historical Society. Marais des Cygnes Massacre site, June 2011, accessdate 28 December 2012.
- ^ Goodrich, Thomas. Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre. Kent State University Press 12 December 1992. 978-0873384766. 207 pages.
- ^ Crime Library. The Wichita Horror, accessdate 25 October 2014.
- ^ Hutcheon, Wallace S., Jr., The Louisville Riots of August, 1855. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 69 (1971), pp. 150–172
- ^ Lane, Charles, The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction, Henry Holt & Company, New York. 2008. pp. 54–56
- ^ Alexander, Danielle "Forty Acres and a Mule: The Ruined Hope of Reconstruction", Humanities, January/February 2004, Vol.25/No. 1., accessdate 14 Apr 2008
- ^ Shoalmire, Jimmy G., Carpetbagger Extraordinary: Marshall H. Twitchell, 1840–1905, dissertation at Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 1969
- ^ Bell, Ellen Baker, Thibodaux Massacre (1887), KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana, 15 September 2011, accessdate 2 January 2013
- ^ Rodrigue, John. Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana’s Sugar Parishes, 1862–1880. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.
- ^ A Fair Account of the Late Unhappy Disturbance at Boston. London: B. White. 1770. OCLC 535966548. Original printing of the governor's account.
- ^ Baugh, Alexander L. (Spring 2010). Jacob Hawn and the Hawn's Mill Massacre: Missouri millwright and Oregon pioneer. Vol. 11. Mormon Historic Sites Foundation. OCLC 722375475.
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- ^ Sunderwith, Richard, The Burning of Osceola, Missouri
- ^ Quantrell, Charles W., A History of His Guerrilla Warfare on the Missouri And Kansas Border During the Civil War, Kessinger Publishing, 1 March 2005, pp. 175–176.
- ^ "Skirmish Near Tappan". Rivington's Royal Gazette. 3 October 1778. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Paludan, Philip S. 1981. Victims: A True Story of the Civil War. Knoxville, Tennessee, The University of Tennessee Press. p. 144.
- ^ Smith, Robert Barr, Blood Bath at Going Snake: The Cherokee Courtroom Shootout. , 2004. Wild West, History Net]
- ^ Jordan, Kathy (January 20, 2012). "Deadly confrontation in Utah took place shortly before GJ incorporated". The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
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(help) - ^ "Was there a Saltville Massacre in 1864?" David Brown's analysis Archived 2012-12-19 at archive.today