Freedmen massacres
The Freedmen massacres were a series of attacks on African-Americans which occurred in the states of the former Confederacy during Reconstruction, in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Many of these incidents were the result of a struggle over political power, especially after the voting rights of freedmen were protected through the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Robert Smalls estimated that overall 53,000 African-American were killed in post-war racial terrorism, an estimate increasingly considered plausible by historians.
| Incident | Year | Month | State | County or parish | Notes |
| Memphis massacre | 1866 | 05 | Tennessee | Shelby | |
| New Orleans massacre | 1866 | 07 | Louisiana | Orleans | |
| Camilla massacre | 1868 | 09 | Georgia | Mitchell | |
| Opelousas massacre | 1868 | 09 | Louisiana | Opelousas | |
| 1868 St. Bernard Parish Massacre | 1868 | 10 | Louisiana | St. Bernard | |
| Millican massacre | 1868 | 07 | Texas | Brazos | |
| Jackson County War | 1869 | n/a | Florida | Jackson | Ongoing for almost two years |
| Eutaw massacre | 1870 | Alabama | |||
| Meridian race riot of 1871 | 1871 | 03 | Mississippi | Lauderdale | |
| Colfax massacre | 1873 | 04 | Louisiana | Grant | |
| Election Massacre of 1874 | 1874 | 11 | Alabama | Barbour | |
| Coushatta massacre | 1874 | 08 | Louisiana | Red River | |
| Vicksburg massacre | 1874 | 12 | Mississippi | Warren | Ongoing for almost one month |
| Battle of Liberty Place | 1874 | 09 | Louisiana | New Orleans | |
| Clinton Riot | 1875 | 09 | Mississippi | Hinds | |
| Hamburg massacre | 1876 | 07 | South Carolina | Aiken | |
| Ellenton riot | 1876 | 09 | South Carolina | Aiken |
North Carolina
- "Four murders, 30 whippings, and 16 other horrible outrages"