White League
| White League | |
|---|---|
| White Man's League | |
White League and Ku Klux Klan alliance, in illustration, by Thomas Nast, in Harper's Weekly, October 24, 1874 | |
| Dates of operation | 1874–1876 |
| Ideology | White supremacy Neo-Confederatism Anti-Reconstruction |
| Allies | Democratic Party, Ku Klux Klan |
| Opponents | U.S. government, Northerners, African Americans, "carpetbaggers", "scalawags", Republican Party |
| Battles and wars | Coushatta massacre Battle of Liberty Place |
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The White League, also known as the White Man's League, was a white supremacist paramilitary terrorist organization started in the Southern United States in 1874 to intimidate freedmen (emancipated Black former slaves) into not voting and prevent Republican Party political organizing, while also being supported by regional elements of the Democratic Party. Its first chapter was formed in Grant Parish, Louisiana, and neighboring parishes and was made up of many of the Confederate veterans who had participated in the Colfax massacre in April 1873. Chapters were soon founded in New Orleans and other areas of the state.