The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike


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Fear, rumor and white supremacist ideals clashed with an unprecedented labor action spawned an epic tragedy.


On November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families due to strikes on Louisiana sugar

Author: John DeSantis
Publisher: History Press
Published: 11/14/2016
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781467136891
ISBN10: 1467136891
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- History | African American & Black
- True Crime | Murder | General