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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

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Author:	John DeSantis
Foreword by:	Foreword By Burnell Tolbert
ISBN 10:	1467136891
Pages:	176
Publisher:	History Press
Publication Date:	November 14, 2016
Binding:	Paperback
Weight:	0.85lbs

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