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The Oil Boom in Plantation Country: Labor in Louisiana

The Oil Boom in Plantation Country: Labor in Louisiana

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In part 3 of our Oil Boom episode series, we dive into Louisiana’s labor history. We talk about why the Jim Crow South had so few labor unions before World War II and when labor finally arrived in Louisiana, how it changed the refinery forever and killed the company town. 


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