- Tag > Great Railroad Strike of 1877 (x)
- Tag > railroads (x)
- Theme > Labor Activism (x)
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An African-American Socialist Lends His Support to Railroad Strikers
A nationwide rebellion brought the United States to a standstill in the summer of 1877. Eighty thousand railroad workers walked off the job, joined by hundreds of thousands of Americans outraged by the excesses of the railroad companies and the [...]
Item Type: Speech
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)