Thibodaux Massacre, The: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar by John DeSantis,Burnell Tolbert

By John DeSantis,Burnell Tolbert

On November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black employees and their households in the course of a spree lasting greater than hours. The violence erupted as a result of moves on Louisiana sugar cane plantations. worry, rumor and white supremacist beliefs clashed with an extraordinary exertions motion to create an epic tragedy. A destiny member of the U.S. residence of Representatives used to be one of the leaders of a mob that routed black males from homes and compelled them to a stretch of railroad music, ordering them to run for his or her lives sooner than gunning them down. based on a witness, the weapons firing within the black neighborhoods seemed like a conflict. writer and award-winning reporter John DeSantis makes use of correspondence, interviews and federal documents to aspect this harrowing actual story.

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