An Absolute Massacre: The New Orleans Race Riot of July 30, 1866

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An Absolute Massacre This page intentionally left blank The New Orleans Race Riot of July 30, 1866 James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. L O U I S I A N A STATE U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S Baton Rouge An Absolute Massacre Copyright © 2001 by LouisianaState UniversityPress All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 5 4 3 2 1 Designer: Amanda McDonald Scallan Typeface: Adobe Caslon and Caslon Open Face Typesetter: Coghill Composition Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hollandsworth, James G. An absolute massacre : the New Orleans race riot of July 30, 1866 /James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8071-2588-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. New Orleans (La.)—History—19th century. 2. New Orleans (La.)—Race relations. 3. Riots—Louisiana—New Orleans—History—19th century. 4. Afro-Americans—Louisiana—New Orleans—History—19th century. 5. Louisiana—Politics and government—1865-1950. 6. Reconstruction—Louisiana. I. Tide. F379.N557 H65 2001 976.3'34064—dc21 00-059675 The author is grateful for permission to quote from the Henry Clay Warmoth Diary, #752, in The Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanenceand durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. © For afriend, mentor, and remarkableperson, John D. Alcorn This page intentionally left blank The more information I obtain of the affair of the 30th in this city the more revolting it becomes. It was no riot; it was an absolute massacre. —P. H. Sheridan to U. S. Grant,August 2, 1866 This page intentionally left blank ...