The 1868 St. Bernard Parish Massacre
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229. Times-Picayune, “Sugar Refinery Rioters Shoot Up Employees’ Train: One Negro Is Killed and Other Passengers Are Wounded,” February 15, 1920, 50; New Orleans States, “Motormen Claim Lives in Danger,” March 9, 1920, 10; Eric Arnesen, Waterfront Workers of New Orleans: Race, Class, and Politics, 1863–1923 (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1994), 230.
230. Jerry Estopinal (member of the Los Isleños Heritage and Cultural Society), interviewed by C. Dier, St. Bernard, LA, January 22, 2016.
231. Ibid.
232. Peter Pierre (former resident of Fazendeville), interviewed by C. Dier, Meraux, LA, January 22, 2016.
233. Ibid.
234. Ibid.
235. Ibid.
236. Samantha Perez, PhD (Louisiana author and historian), interviewed by C. Dier, New Orleans, LA, May 3, 2017.
237. Maud H. Wallace, “Interview with Ex-Slave Ceceil George in 1940,” Louisiana Digital Library, www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/LWP/id/2698.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chris Dier was born in New Orleans and currently teaches history at Chalmette High School in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. After Hurricane Katrina, Dier was uprooted to Texas, where he finished high school and attended East Texas Baptist University. Dier received a BA in history from ETBU. After completion of his undergraduate degree, he moved back to his hometown and became an educator to follow in the footsteps of his mother. He continued his studies to earn an MA in education from the University of New Orleans and is currently obtaining a MEd in educational administration from UNO. He resides in St. Bernard Parish and has a keen interest in regional history.
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