Original sentence: After the riots, a Congressional Committee reported the carnage: 46 blacks and 2 whites dead, 75 persons injured, over 100 persons robbed, 5 women raped, hundreds of blacks jailed, 91 homes, 4 churches and 8 schools burned, and an estimated $17,000 in federal property destroyed.Many freedmen sought refuge in white neighborhoods, while others fled town until peace was restored.The Memphis Riots of 1866 refers to violent events occurring on May 1-2 in Memphis, Tennessee; it was one of worst race riots in American history.The perpetrators of the violence were never brought to justice.Total losses were estimated at over $100,000, mostly occurring in the black community.White mobs attacked freedmen's camps and adjoining neighborhoods for nearly two days
Edited sentence: A subsequent report by a joint Congressional Committee detailed the carnage, including 46 blacks and 2 whites killed, 75 persons injured, over 100 persons robbed, 5 women raped, and 91 homes, 4 churches and 8 schools burned.After a shooting altercation between white policemen and black soldiers recently mustered out of the Union Army, mobs of white civilians and policemen rampaged through black neighborhoods and the houses of freed slaves.Federal troops were sent to quell the violence and peace was restored on the third day.Modern estimates place property losses at over $100,000.Public attention following the riots and reports of the atrocities influenced the rapid proposal of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.The Memphis Riots of 1866 refers to the violent events that occurred from May 1 to 3 in Memphis, Tennessee.The racial violence was ignited by tensions during Reconstruction following the American Civil War