ENGL 366: Course Material and Library Guide on the Thibodaux Massacre
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Some useful ebooks and print books in the Ellender Memorial Library collection
This list is not comprehensive, but these books probably will serve as a great start to any research on the Thibodaux Massacre. The DeSantis book is the authoritative book in the field. The other books often have chapters that mention the massacre and other events leading up to it. An e-book can be 'checked out' virtually just like a print book. Some of the material available on the Massacre can only be found in print, in the Archives of the Ellender Memorial Library collection. The electronic library resources are only accessible to Nicholls State University users. We suggest that researchers outside of Nicholls State check with their local libraries for these books. The Nicholls State Archives is open to the public; appointments can be made to look at materials in the archival collection.
Here is a link to the Archives and Special Collections.
The Thibodaux Massacre by Call Number: PR 6068 .O93 Z8486 2009ISBN: 9781467136891Publication Date: 2016-11-14Author and award-winning reporter John DeSantis uses correspondence, interviews and federal records to detail this harrowing true story. This ebook is an incredibly in-depth look at the event.
Degrees of Freedom by Call Number: PZ7 .H6848 2017ISBN: 9780674027596Publication Date: 2008-04-30This ebook has some information about the massacre, as well as a vast amount of information about slavery and sugar cane workers in the 1800s.
Louisiana by ISBN: 9781118619292Publication Date: 2014-01-28Covering the lively, even raucous, history of Louisiana from beforeFirst Contact through the Elections of 2012, this sixth edition ofthe classic Louisiana history survey provides an engaging andcomprehensive narrative of what is arguably America?s mostcolorful state. Since the appearance of the first edition of this classic textin 1984, Louisiana: A History has remained the best-lovedand most highly regarded college-level survey of Louisiana on themarket Compiled by some of the foremost experts in the field ofLouisiana history who combine their own research with recenthistorical discoveries Includes complete coverage of the most recent events inpolitical and environmental history, including the continuedaftermath of Katrina and the 2010 BP oil spill Considers the interrelationship between Louisiana history andthat of the American South and the nation as a whole Written in an engaging and accessible style complemented bymore than a hundred photographs and maps
Reconstruction in the Cane Fields by Call Number: HD8039.S85 U67 2001ISBN: 9780807126561Publication Date: 2001-05-01This study examines emancipation and the difficult transition from slavery to free labour in one region of the South - the cane sugar area of southern Louisiana. The author demonstrates that the special geographical and environmental requirements of sugar production shaped new labour arrangements.
Labor, Church, and the Sugar Establishment by Call Number: HD6515 .S852 L82ISBN: 9780807106600Publication Date: 1980-08-01In the Archives and as an e-book. This book, by a former Nicholls State history professor, covers the labor and religious history that helped form the events surrounding The Thibodaux Massacre. Becnel traces the history of 'free labor' in Louisiana. His focus is on the sugarcane industry and the lack of unionization in Louisiana.
Glimpses of Black Life along Bayou Lafourche by Call Number: F377 .L24 J64 2012ISBN: 9781479747535Publication Date: 2012-11-01This book describes experiences of Black people who lived throughout the Mississippi River Bayou Lafourche Region of South Louisiana during the period 1875 1975. These writings cover four parishes (counties) including Saint James, Ascension, Assumption and Lafourche. This area of Louisiana is steeped in American history, beginning in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. The region's uniqueness is revealed as we reflect on the Great Depression and the economy, the area and its people, the cuisine, health and home remedies, folklore (customs, fads, and superstitions), homesteads and family life, the three Rs and secondhand books, the music of our lives, our "hometown heroes" and their participation in the defense of our country starting with the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War, and much more.
From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic World by ISBN: 9780714649641Publication Date: 1999-05-31This collection examines the effects of slavery and emancipation on race, class and gender in societies of the American South, the Caribbean, Latin America and West Africa. The contributors discuss what slavery has to teach us about patterns of adjustment and change, black identity and the extent to which enslaved peoples succeeded in creating a dynamic world of interaction between the Americas. They examine how emancipation was defined, how it affected attitudes towards slavery, patterns of labour usage and relationships between workers as well as between workers and their former owners.
Books not in the Ellender collection
Note: The Becnel book is available in the Ellender Memorial Library Archives & Special Collections department, while the Rodrigue one is found in both the Archives and as an e-book. The Archives hold a rich array of Southeastern Louisiana history. The Archives may be found on the first floor of Ellender Library, to the right upon entering the glass doors.