19th Century Racial Mob Violence & White Backlash
1. 1824 – Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Riots, 1824 & 1831 Providence RI
2. 1829 – Cincinnati Riots of 1829, Cincinnati, Ohio
3. 1831 – Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion, Southampton County, Virginia
4. 1834 – Anti-Abolitionist Riot, New York City
5. 1834 – Attack on Canterbury Female Boarding School, Canterbury, CT
6. 1835 – Gentleman's Riot, Boston, Philadelphia & NY
7. 1835 – Snow Riot, Washington D.C.
8. 1835 – Destruction of Noyes Academy, Canaan, NH
9. 1836 – Cincinnati Riots of 1836, Cinncinati, Ohio
10. 1837 – Murder of Elijah Lovejoy, Alton, Illinois
11. 1838 – Burning of Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia, PA
12. 1841 – Cincinnati Riots of 1841, Cincinnati, Ohio
13. 1842 – Lombard Street Riot, (a.k.a. the Abolition Riots), August 1, Phila. PA
14. 1842 – Muncy Abolition riot of 1842, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
15. 1851 – Christiana Riot, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
16. 1856 – Pottawatomie Massacre, May 24, Franklin County, Kansas
17. 1859 – John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, Harpers Ferry, Virginia
18. 1861 – Baltimore Riot of 1861, April 19, (Pratt Street Riot), Baltimore, MD
19. 1861 – Camp Jackson Affair, St. Louis, MO
20. 1863 – Detroit Race Riot of 1863, March 6, Michigan
21. 1863 – Battle of Fort Fizzle, (Holmes County Draft Riots) Holmes County, OH
22. 1863 – New York City Draft Riots, New York
23. 1866 – Memphis Race Riots of 1866, Memphis, Tennessee
24. 1866 – New Orleans Race Riot, New Orleans, Louisiana
25. 1870 – Kirk-Holden war, Jul-Nov Caswell and Alamance NC
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26. 1871 – Meridian Race Riot of 1871, Meridian, Mississippi
27. 1871 – Los Angeles Anti-Chinese Riot, Los Angeles, CA
28. 1873 – Colfax massacre, April 13, Colfax, Louisiana
29. 1874 – Election Riot of 1874, Barbour County, Alabama
30. 1874 – Battle of Liberty Place, New Orleans, Louisiana
31. 1874 – Vicksburg Race Riot, Vicksburg, Mississippi
32. 1876 – South Carolina Civil Disturbances (Series), South Carolina
33. 1877 – San Francisco (Chinese) Riot of 1877
34. 1880 - Denver Chinese Race Riots
35. 1884 – Cincinnati Riots of 1884, Ohio
36. 1885 – Rock Springs Chinese Massacre, Rock Springs, Wyoming
37. 1887 - Thibodaux Massacre, Thibodaux, Louisiana
38. 1888 – Jaybird-Woodpecker War, Fort Bend County, Texas
39. 1895 – New Orleans Dockworkers Riot, New Orleans, Louisiana
40. 1898 – Wilmington Insurrection/Massacre, Wilmington, NC
41. 1900 – New Orleans Riot (Robert Charles Riots)
42. 1901 – New York Race Riots
43. 1901 – Pierce City Riots, Pierce City, MO
44. 1903 – Evansville Race Riot, Evansville, Indiana
45. 1903 – Bloomington Race Riot, Bloomington, Indiana
46. 1906 – Atlanta Riots, Atlanta, GA
47. 1908 – Springfield Race Riot, Springfield, IL
48. 1910 – Jack Johnson/James Jeffries riots (Riots in 12 Different Cities)
49. 1917 - East St. Louis Race Riots
50. 1917 – Houston Race Riot
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