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The Thibodaux Massacre
Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor StrikeBy John DeSantisNarrated by Carl StewartLength3h 16m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Psychology
Length3 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byCarl Stewart
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 15, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgements, and Prologue
76. Battle Lines
2Part 1: Sugar, Slaves and Civil War | 1. Bittersweet Beginning
8Part III: A Page Torn from History | 7. Violence and Threats
32. Civil War and Occupation
98. A Deadly Ball
43. Unreconstructed Rebels
109. Massacre
5Part II: Birth of a Movement | 4. 4. Trouble in Town and Fields
1110. Aftermath
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65. Seeds of Revolt
12Epilogue
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