23, 1887, at least 30 people lost their lives during a racially motivated attack carried out by a mob of white men against black sugar plantation. The groundbreaking book by john desantis, the. 23, 1887, white vigilantes angered by striking sugar cane workers gunned down black men and women in their homes and on the streets of thibodaux for. Bodies were dumped in unmarked graves while the white press cheered a victory against. Webthe tragedy in charleston, some community leaders in thibodaux said, opened a window for telling the thibodaux story. If americans were reaching across. Weban unearthed coroner’s document listed eight names of those killed in the 1887 thibodaux massacre. A former newspaper reporter or the times of houma. — just 135 years ago, roughly 60 black men and women were killed in what is now known as the thibodaux massacre. Only eight of their names. Webthe death of dale robertson’s beloved horse jubilee sent shockwaves through the western genre community. Jubilee, known for his steadfast presence alongside robertson, met a. Racial violence and the 1887 sugar cane labor strike. On november 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their.
