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On this day in 1946, months of spontaneous peasant uprisings began in Korea after rail workers struck in Daegu. Millions participated, attacking Japanese and US collaborators and burning rice collection records as the state imposed martial law.
Image: The location of Daegu, Korea on a map
![PKI members and sympathizers rounded up in Bali, date unknown. From Tempo / The Act of Killing [jacobinmag.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/indonesianPoliticide.png)
On this day in 1965, the September 30th Movement assassinated six Indonesian Generals, beginning a period of West-backed mass murder of alleged communists, religious minorities, and ethnic Chinese people. At least 500,000 were killed.
Image: PKI members and sympathizers rounded up in Bali, date unknown. From Tempo / The Act of Killing [jacobinmag.com]
On this day in 1851, arrested fugitive slave William "Jerry" Henry was broken out of jail by hundreds of abolitionists in Syracuse, New York. Jerry and prominent members of the rescue fled to Canada afterward.
Image: A monument to the Jerry Rescue
On this day in 1838, the first major group of Cherokee, more than 12,000 people, were forced out of Tennessee, traveling westward from the town of Red Clay. A Choctaw leader called the forced deportations "a trail of tears and death".
Image: "The Trail of Tears", by Robert Lindneux, a painting depicting the forced removal of indigenous people.