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

Desantis, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1540201074 ISBN 13: 9781540201072

Verlag: History Press Library Editions, 2016

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"Well-written, informative, and interesting...A little-known massacre is brought to light.In 1887, the tumultuous elements of the recent past slavery, sharecropping, a new movement in unionizing workers, etc. came together in Thibodaux, Louisiana, in a devastating manner, as the tension between plantation owners and poorly paid workers led to a strike on sugar plantations. Journalist DeSantis (The New Untouchables: How America Sanctions Police Violence, 1994, etc.) spent more than a decade trying to peel back the layers of history to shed light on what locals referred to as the Thibodaux Massacre." Kirkus Reviews"

In this concise and vivid study, journalist DeSantis uncovers the long-hidden history of an 1887 bloodbath in which men from some of Louisiana s most esteemed white families murdered between 30 and 60 African-American men in the small town of Thibodaux. --Publishers Weekly

"Well-written, informative, and interesting...A little-known massacre is brought to light.In 1887, the tumultuous elements of the recent past slavery, sharecropping, a new movement in unionizing workers, etc. came together in Thibodaux, Louisiana, in a devastating manner, as the tension between plantation owners and poorly paid workers led to a strike on sugar plantations. Journalist DeSantis (The New Untouchables: How America Sanctions Police Violence, 1994, etc.) spent more than a decade trying to peel back the layers of history to shed light on what locals referred to as the Thibodaux Massacre." --Kirkus Reviews

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On November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families during a spree lasting more than two hours. The violence erupted due to strikes on Louisiana sugar cane plantations. Fear, rumor and white supremacist ideals clashed with an unprecedented labor action to create an epic tragedy. A future member of the U.S. House of Representatives was among the leaders of a mob that routed black men from houses and forced them to a stretch of railroad track, ordering them to run for their lives before gunning them down. According to a witness, the guns firing in the black neighborhoods sounded like a battle. Author and award-winning reporter John DeSantis uses correspondence, interviews and federal records to detail this harrowing true story.

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• Verlag: History Press Library Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1540201074
• ISBN 13: 9781540201072
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 178