Eutaw, Alabama Massacre Kills Black Republicans at Political Rally

On October 25, 1870, white Democrats opened fire on a Republican political rally in Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama, killing four Black men and wounding approximately 54. The attack was part of a systematic campaign of electoral violence in Alabama in 1870. Greene County had a large Black majority and was a Republican stronghold; the massacre was designed to suppress Black voting in the November elections. Federal troops were requested but did not arrive in time. The perpetrators faced no criminal penalties.