Massacres & mob attacks
Chinese Massacre of 1871
24 October 1871Calle de los Negros, near the Los Angeles Plaza, CA
A mob of some 500 people attacked the Chinese quarter of Los Angeles and killed at least 18 Chinese men and boys, most of them lynched. Every conviction was overturned.
- People killed
- 18–19
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