The Hamburg Massacre of 1876 was a race riot between community's Black militia and white residents from the surrounding rural area of South Carolina during the Reconstruction. Seven men died that day, six of whom were Black militiamen or civilians. Hamburg was a small all-black community located across the river from Augusta, Georgia. The area […]
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