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The Thibodaux Massacre by John DeSantis

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The Thibodaux Massacre

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Author
John DeSantis
Narrator
Carl Stewart
Publisher
The History Press
Publish Date
15 October 2025
Run Time
3 hours 16 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
History of the Americas, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity
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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 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.

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Author
John DeSantis
Narrator
Carl Stewart
Duration
3 hours 16 minutes
Release Date
15 October 2025
ISBN
9781589733626
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
The History Press
Genre
History of the Americas, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

Synopsis

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 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.

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