Serious Riot
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Dublin Core
Title
Serious Riot
Subject
Liberty Furnace (Va)
Columbia Furnace (Va)
Description
Newspaper article detailing a riot that occurred at Columbia and Liberty Furnaces west of Edinburg in Shenandoah County. It appeared in Shenandoah Herald on January 28, 1880.
The incident was sparked by the furnace owners' decision to hire African Americans to work at the sites. It ended on January 21, 1880 when, after a brief conflict between workers and the local militia, the white employees agreed to return to work if the furnace owners fired all African American workers.
The incident was sparked by the furnace owners' decision to hire African Americans to work at the sites. It ended on January 21, 1880 when, after a brief conflict between workers and the local militia, the white employees agreed to return to work if the furnace owners fired all African American workers.
Creator
Shenandoah Herald
Source
Shenandoah Herald, January-December 1880, Microfilm Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
January 20, 1880
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
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Original Format
Newspaper
Collection
Citation
Shenandoah Herald, “Serious Riot,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 24, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11502.
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