Today in Labor History January 2, 1791: The Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country. After the American Revolutionary War, the U.S. government sold land in the Ohio Country, mostly to white-owned companies that promised to develop it. However, the land was already occupied by Lenape and Wyandot people, who attacked the interlopers, killing 14 settlers. This […]
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Today in Labor History January 1, 404: Saint Telemachus tried to stop a gladiator fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and the crowd stoned him to death. The Christian Emperor Honorius was so impressed that he issued a ban on all gladiator fights. 1700s Today in Labor History January 1, 1781: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment rebelled against
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1890s Today in Labor History December 31, 1890: Ellis Island opened on this date in New York City. Millions of immigrant workers passed through Ellis Island, excited to be in the Land of the Free. But then discovered they had to become wage slaves in its factories, mills and mines in order to survive. 1930s December
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Today in Labor History December 30, 1066: A Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, crucified the Jewish vizier, Joseph ibn Naghrela, and massacred most of the Jewish population of the city during the Granada massacre. Before the massacre, Joseph promised the ruler of Almeria that he’d open the gates of the city to his army. In exchange, he promised
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1830s Today in Labor History December 29, 1835: The U.S signed the Treaty of New Echota with a minority Cherokee faction. The treaty gave all the Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S. The treaty was never approved by the Cherokee National Council nor signed by Principal Chief John Ross. Nevertheless, it was ratified in March 1836
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