The 1868 St. Bernard Parish massacre : blood in the cane fields / C. Dier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dier, C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Massacres--Louisiana--Saint Bernard Parish--History.

Massacres.

History.

Louisiana--Saint Bernard Parish.

Physical Description:

139 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2017.

Summary:

Days before the tumultuous presidential election of 1868, St. Bernard Parish descended into chaos. As African American men gained the right to vote, white Democrats of the parish feared losing their majority. Armed groups mobilized to suppress these recently emancipated voters in the hopes of regaining a way of life turned upside down by the Civil War and Reconstruction. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered in cold blood. Many fled to the cane fields to hide from their attackers. The reported number of those killed varies from 35 to 135. The tragedy was hidden, but implications reverberated throughout the South and lingered for generations. Author and historian Chris Dier reveals the horrifying true story behind the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Colonization 15

2 Antebellum 34

3 Escalation 52

4 Culmination 66

5 Devastation 77

6 Ramification 85

7 Deconstruction 93

8 Recollection 108.

ISBN:

9781625858559

1625858558

OCLC:

989968752

Publisher Number:

99974351854