 On May 17, 1860, at Alcara there was a peasant revolt which anticipated a similar and more famous one at Bronte (and others which happened in various centers of northeastern Sicily, such as at Caronia and Francavilla).Laborers, enraged by desperate living conditions, feeding upon expectations of a ransom and social justice in the wake of the news of the imminent arrival of Giuseppe Garibaldi and his troops, assaulted the "Casa of the nobles" slaughtering with scythes and knives many people, among whom a child.The Garibaldi group, after they came upon the village, jailed a few of the rioters, who after a quick process were executed.