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== Peristiwa ==
Menjelang pemilu tahun 1874, sekitar 1.000 anggota Partai Republik kulit hitam berkemah di luar [[Eufaula, Alabama|Eufaula]]. Sementara desas-desus menyebar ke seluruh komunitas kulit putih bahwa anggota Partai Republik kulit hitam akan mencoba melakukan invasi.<ref>https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/election-riots-of-1874/ .2009-11-06. Retrieved 2023-05-01.</ref> OnPada electionhari daypemilihan, 3 November 3, 1874, an Alabama chapter of the [[WhiteLiga LeaguePutih]] repeatedcabang actionsAlabama mengulangi tindakan yang takendiambil earlierawal thattahun yearitu indi [[PresidencyKerusuhan ofPresiden Ulysses S. Grant#Vicksburg riots|Vicksburg, Mississippi]]. AfterSetelah thepemilu election starteddimulai, anseorang Republikan kulit hitam underagedi blackbawah Republicanumur wastertangkap caughtsaat attemptingmencoba tomemberikan votesuara. AfterSetelah beingditemukan discoveredoleh bykaum theDemokrat whitekulit democratsputih, hedia wasditikam stabbeddi insebuah an alleywaygang. TheLiga WhitePutih League invadedmenginvasi Eufaula anddan, withdengan senjata firearmsapi, ambushedmenyergap Blackpemilih voterskulit ashitam theysaat marchedmereka downberbaris di Broad Street, killingmenewaskan an estimatedsekitar 15-40 blackanggota Republicans,Partai injuringRepublik atkulit leasthitam, melukai setidaknya 70 moreorang, anddan drivingmengusir offlebih more thandari 1,.000 unarmedanggota Partai Republik yang tidak bersenjata Republicansdari fromtempat thepemungutan pollssuara.<ref>Mary Ellen Curtin, "Black Prisoners and Their World, Alabama, 1865-1900," University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 55</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Carter|first=Dan T.|date=1995|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32739924|title=The politics of rage: George Wallace, the origins of the new conservatism, and the transformation of American politics|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=0-684-80916-8|pages=36–37|oclc=32739924}}</ref> The group moved on to [[Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama|Spring Hill]], where members stormed the polling place, destroying the ballot box, and killing the 16-year-old son of a white Republican judge in their shooting.<ref>Curtin (2000), ''Black Prisoners'', pp. 55-56.</ref>
The White League refused to count any Republican votes cast. But, Republican voters reflected the black majority in the county, as well as white supporters. They outnumbered Democratic voters by a margin greater than two to one. The League declared the Democratic candidates victorious, forced Republican politicians out of office, and seized every county office in [[Barbour County, Alabama|Barbour County]] in a kind of [[coup d'état]].<ref name="Curtin 2000 p. 56">Curtin (2000), "Black Prisoners," p. 56</ref> Such actions were repeated in other parts of the South in the 1870s, as Democrats sought to regain political dominance in states with black majorities and numerous Republican officials. In Barbour County, the Democrats auctioned off as "slaves" (for a maximum cost of $2 per month) or otherwise silenced all Republican witnesses to the events. They were intimidated from testifying to the coup if the case went to federal court. Eventually, the rioters stood before a grand jury, and the grand jury blamed the "militant" black Republicans for the tense atmosphere in Eufaula. <ref name="Curtin 2000 p. 56" />
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