The Thibodaux Massacre
Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: 171 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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.
Subjects:
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Strikes and lockouts -- Sugarcane industry -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Massacres -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux -- History -- 19th century.
Hate crimes -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux -- History -- 19th century.
Sugarcane industry -- Corrupt practices -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
African American agricultural laborers -- Louisiana -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Violence against -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Homicide -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux -- History -- 19th century.
Thibodaux (La.) -- History -- 19th century.
Thibodaux (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Thibodaux (La.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Strikes and lockouts -- Sugarcane industry -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Massacres -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux -- History -- 19th century.
Hate crimes -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux -- History -- 19th century.
Sugarcane industry -- Corrupt practices -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
African American agricultural laborers -- Louisiana -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Violence against -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Homicide -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux -- History -- 19th century.
Thibodaux (La.) -- History -- 19th century.
Thibodaux (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Thibodaux (La.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9781467136891
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HISTORY North Am. US AF AM DeS | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/25/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163 - 165) and index.