To Secure The Bounty Earned: Political Dissent and Authoritarian Consolidation in the Louisiana Sugar Industry 1892-1898

• In Event: Democratic Politics and Democratic Breakdown

Brief Overview

This article explores the mixture of coercion and persuasion deployed by Louisiana Democrats to punish dissenting economic elites and, subsequently, integrate them into the Jim Crow state. I utilize property tax records to explore these events.

Author

• Daniel Blinderman, University of Virginia, Main Campus