 In retaliation for the deaths of two white men and the destruction of property, the authorities killed at least 40 black men in a violent confrontation (the numbers cited are inconsistent); at least 29 more were executed (combined figures from two jurisdictions, St. Charles Parish and Orleans Parish).There was a third jurisdiction for a tribunal and what amounted to summary judgments against the accused, St. John the Baptist Parish.Fewer than 20 men are said to have escaped; some of those were later caught and killed, on their way to freedom.