Eutaw, Alabama was the site of anti-Black aggression during Reconstruction. With the 1870 election on the horizon, white southern Democrats were in fear of what Black Republicans voting could mean for power in the region. Things would escalate into the Eutaw Riot that October. Leading Up to the 1870 Election In the lead up to the […]

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