The Camilla Massacre of 1868: The Mass Killing Triggered by African Americans Gaining the Right to Vote in Georgia
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In the years after the American Civil War, the United States entered the Reconstruction era, when formerly enslaved Africans began gaining rights that had long been denied to them. In 1868, a new constitution in Georgia granted Black men the right to vote. While this marked a major step toward political participation, it also provoked […]
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