{"product_id":"the-thibodaux-massacre-racial-violence-and-the-1887-sugar-cane-labor-strike-paperback","title":"The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn DeSantis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eForeword By Burnell Tolbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFear, rumor and white supremacist ideals clashed with an unprecedented labor action spawned an epic tragedy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families due to strikes on Louisiana sugar cane plantations. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760704651552,"sku":"9781467136891","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/013ea5fe9710fadd303e679d5b19ab1f.webp?v=1780187474","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-thibodaux-massacre-racial-violence-and-the-1887-sugar-cane-labor-strike-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}