Event

Black Saturday (1929)

1929 · 20th century

Black Saturday was the shooting of a peaceful Mau procession by New Zealand police in Apia, Western Samoa, on 28 December 1929. About eleven Samoans were killed, among them the Mau leader Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III, who urged his followers not to retaliate. The killings strengthened the non-violent Mau movement for Samoan self-government.

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Territory of Western Samoa

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Black Saturday (1929). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/black-saturday-1929
MLA: “Black Saturday (1929).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/black-saturday-1929. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Black Saturday (1929).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/black-saturday-1929.
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