What the records say
- When
- 22 Nov 1887 – 25 Nov 1887
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 35
- Coordinates
- 29.79° N, 90.82° W
- Description
- massacre in the United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Thibodaux massacre
Event of racial violence in the late 19th Century Southern United States
The Thibodaux Massacre was an episode of white supremacist violence that occurred in Thibodaux, Louisiana, on November 23, 1887. It followed a three-week strike during the critical harvest season in which an estimated 10,000 workers protested against the living and working conditions which existed on sugarcane plantations in four parishes: Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Mary, and Assumption.
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