Easter Egg: Lot #1887 In 1887, the United States was sharply divided along racial lines, as African Americans endured widespread discrimination and disenfranchisement under Jim Crow policies while continuing to resist oppression. One of the year’s most violent episodes was the Thibodaux Massacre, in which a strike for improved working conditions in Louisiana ended with the killing of around 60 Black sugar workers. During the same period, the Dawes Act was passed; although promoted as a way to encourage Native American assimilation through private land ownership, it ultimately resulted in the loss of millions of acres of tribal land.
Easter Egg: Lot #1887 In 1887, the United States was sharply divided along racial lines, as African Americans endured widespread discrimination and disenfranchisement under Jim Crow policies while continuing to resist oppression. One of the year’s most violent episodes was the Thibodaux Massacre, in which a strike for improved working conditions in Louisiana ended with the killing of around 60 Black sugar workers. During the same period, the Dawes Act was passed; although promoted as a way to encourage Native American assimilation through private land ownership, it ultimately resulted in the loss of millions of acres of tribal land.
