This Day in History: Democrats Murder 4 Former Slaves and 5 Republicans at Clinton, MS Picnic – Then Go on to Slaughter Another 50-100 Blacks in Following Week

146 years ago today, Democrats attacked a Republican barbecue in Clinton, Mississippi murdering 4 former slaves and 5 white Republicans. Democrats then in the following days slaughtered another 50-100 African-Americans. For some reason, you don’t hear much about this massacre these days. Here is more on this historic massacre, via Mississippi Encyclopedia. Freedmen first began…