Neal Shirley: 1 book
Dixie Be Damned
300 Years of Insurrection in the American South
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
In 1891, when coal companies in eastern Tennessee brought in cheap convict labor to take over their jobs, workers responded by storming the stockades, freeing the prisoners, and loading them onto freight trains. Over the next year, tactics escalated to include burning company property and looting...
