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

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: DeSantis, John
Published: 11/14/2016
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781467136891
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.30d