Opelousas massacre
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The Opelousas massacre, or St. Landry Massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. In the aftermath of the ratificati
St. Landry Parish courthouse
Le Petit Journal 7 Oct 1906
Knights of the White Camelia
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The Knights of the White Camelia was an American white supremacist organization that operated in the Southern United States in the late 19th century. Similar to and associated with the Ku Klux Klan, i
Opelousas massacre
…Rumors of Bentley's death, while unfounded, led both Black Republicans and white supremacist Democrats, including the St. Landry Parish chapter of the Knights of the White Camelia, to threaten violent retribution. In the days following Bentley's subsequent covert flight to New Orleans, the massacre began. Heavily outnumbered…
Alcibiades DeBlanc, the group's founder.