This is a list of ethnic riots by country, and includes riots based on ethnic, sectarian, xenophobic, and racial conflict. Some of these riots can also be classified as pogroms. Africa Americas United States Nativist period: 1700s–1860 1824: Providence, RI – Hard Scrabble Riots 1829: Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati riots of 1829 1829: Charlestown, Massachusetts – anti-Catholic Riots 1831: Providence, RI 1834: Massachusetts – Convent burning 1834: Philadelphia, PA – pro-slavery riots 1834: New York, NY – New York City pro-slavery riots 1835: Boston, MA – pro-slavery riots 1835: Five Points Riot 1835: Washington, D.C. – Snow Riot 1836: Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati riots of 1836 1841: Cincinnati, OH – White Irish-descendant and Irish immigrant dock workers rioted against Black dock workers. 1844: Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia Nativist Riots 1851: Hoboken, NJ – anti-German riot 1855: Louisville, KY – anti-German riots Civil War period: 1861–1865 Reconstruction era: 1865–1877 1866: New Orleans massacre of 1866 1866: Memphis, Tennessee, mostly ethnic Irish against African Americans 1868: Pulaski Riot 1868: St. Bernard Parish massacre, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, whites against blacks 1868: Opelousas massacre, Opelousas, Louisiana, whites against blacks 1868: Camilla massacre, Camilla, Georgia, whites against blacks 1870: Eutaw massacre, Eutaw, Alabama, whites against blacks 1870: Laurens, South Carolina 1870: New York City Orange Riot 1871: Second New York City Orange Riot 1871: Los Angeles, Chinese massacre. Mixed Mexican and white mob killed 17–20 Chinese in the largest mass lynching in U.S. history 1871: Meridian race riot of 1871, Meridian, Mississippi, whites against African Americans 1891: New Orleans, lynchings of Italians and riot 1873: Colfax massacre, white Democrats against black Republicans 1874: Vicksburg, Mississippi 1874: New Orleans, Louisiana (Battle of Liberty Place) After contested gubernatorial election, Democrats took over state buildings for three days 1874: Coushatta massacre, Coushatta, Louisiana, white Democrats against black Republicans 1875: Yazoo City, Mississippi 1875: Clinton, Mississippi 1876: Hamburg Massacre 1876: Ellenton riot, Ellenton, South Carolina Jim Crow era: 1878–1914 1885: Rock Springs, WY – Anti-Chinese riot 1886: Seattle, WA – Seattle riot of 1886 1889: Forrest City, AR – 1889 Forrest City riot 1891: New Orleans, LA – March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings 1898: North Carolina – Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 (white Democrats overthrew elected government and attacked Blacks) 1898: Lake City, SC – Lynching of Frazier B. Baker and Julia Baker 1898: Greenwood County, SC – Phoenix election riot 1900: New Orleans, LA – Robert Charles