{"product_id":"9781467136891","title":"The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike (True Crime)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFear, rumor and white supremacist ideals clashed with an unprecedented labor action spawned an epic tragedy.\u003c\/p\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","brand":"The History Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51600685695209,"sku":"9781467136891","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781467136891.jpg?v=1785607996","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9781467136891","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}