Today in Labor History October 5, 1789: The Women’s March on Versailles put an end to royal authority. The October March was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began with a near riot at the Parisian markets over the high price and scarcity of bread. Encouraged by revolutionary agitators, thousands of […]
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Today in Labor History October 4, 1887: 10,000 Louisiana sugarcane workers went on strike with the Knights of Labor. On November 23, the Louisiana Militia, aided by vigilantes, murdered 35-50 unarmed black workers during the Thibodaux Massacre. The massacre ended the strike and any concerted effort to organize black cane workers until the 1940s. Democrats in
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Today in Labor History 10/3/1873: The authorities hanged Chief Kintpuash for the Modoc War in California. 53 Modoc warriors killed 55 U.S. troops, including the only general to die in the Indian Wars. The authorities eventually captured Kintpuash and chopped off his head. They displayed it for decades at the Army Medical Museum in Washington,
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Today in Labor History October 2, 1800: Slave rebellion leader Nat Turner was born. In August, 1831, Turner led the only effective, sustained slave revolt in U.S. history. They killed over 50 people, mostly whites, but the authorities put down the rebellion after a few days. Turner survived in hiding for several months. White slave
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Today in Labor History October 1, 1838: The Cherokees began the “The Trail of Tears” forced march in which hundreds died of sickness, dehydration, and exposure. Today in Labor History October 1, 1851: 10,000 New Yorkers busted up a police station in Syracuse to free an escaped slave. The authorities arrested William “Jerry” Henry, a
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