They assassinated six white Republicans and five to 20 freedmen who were witnesses.
The electorate, which for the first time included a large percentage of black voters, selected three white Republicans, to constitute a new state supreme court.
There are people in the wings who tell me that the state government is full of rich white Republicans from the suburbs.
But the remaining "bleached" districts were more likely to elect white Republicans.
If he were a white Republican, and thus less of a novelty, the press would portray him more directly as a fanatic.
Through 1877, whites attack black and white Republicans to suppress voting.
Jenkins then gave the names of several young, white Republicans.
If it is ruled unconstitutional, a white Republican would probably stand a good chance of winning the reconfigured district.
African Americans and white Republicans joined to build education at the state level.
They intimidated white Republicans as well to regain political power.