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Mon Oct-13-08 11:32 AM
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| Is there a real Tipitoe Louisiana? |
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Just like in Amos Moses
(yeah, I know its spelled Thibideaux - just trying to get goats :) )
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| Tuesday Afternoon
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Mon Oct-13-08 11:35 AM
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| Taverner
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Mon Oct-13-08 11:37 AM
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| 3. Wow - site of a labor massacre |
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"A sugar cane workers' strike culminated in the "Thibodaux Massacre" of Nov. 1-4,1887, the second most bloody labor dispute in U.S. history. ...
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"...The governor called in the State militia at the planters' request. Efforts to break the strike resulted in the deaths of a total of 30-35 African American workers, chiefly at the hands of white paramilitary members."
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Mon Oct-13-08 11:36 AM
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| 2. I think it's about 45 miles southeast of there ... |
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There's some guy there that can eat up his weight in groceries.
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