{"product_id":"dixie-be-damned-300-years-of-insurrection-in-the-american-south-paperback","title":"Dixie Be Damned: 300 Years of Insurrection in the American South - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeal Shirley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSaralee Stafford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1891, when coal companies in eastern Tennessee brought in cheap convict labor to take over their jobs, workers responded by storming the stockades, freeing the prisoners, and loading them onto freight trains. Over the next year, tactics escalated to include burning company property and looting company stores. This was one of the largest insurrections in US working-class history. It happened at the same time as the widely publicized northern labor war in Homestead, Pennsylvania. And it was largely ignored, then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDixie Be Damned\u003c\/i\u003e engages seven similarly hidden insurrectionary episodes in Southern history to demonstrate the region's long arc of revolt. Countering images of the South as pacified and conservative, this adventurous retelling presents history in the rough. Not the image of the South many expect, this is the South of maroon rebellion, wildcat strikes, and Robert F. Williams's book \u003ci\u003eNegroes with Guns\u003c\/i\u003e, a South where the dispossessed refuse to quietly suffer their fate. This is people's history at its best: slave revolts, multiracial banditry, labor battles, prison uprisings, urban riots, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeal Shirley\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and now lives in Durham, NC, where he is involved in several anti-prison initiatives and runs a small publishing project called the North Carolina Piece Corps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaralee Stafford\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Her recent political work has focused on connecting the struggles of street organizations with those of anarchists in the area. She teaches gender-related health in Durham, North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeal Shirley: Neal Shirley grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he is involved in several anti-prison initiatives. He writes and reprints important works on self-defense, history, and political theory through a small publishing project called the North Carolina Piece Corps.\u003cbr\u003eSaralee Stafford: Saralee Stafford was born in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Her recent political work has focused on connecting the struggles of street organizations with those of anarchists in the area. She currently works in the service industry while studying and teaching gender-related health in Durham, NC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978562896173,"sku":"9781849352079","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/TGljNEY5NEllWThSc0R1Z3hDWURZZz09.webp?v=1775805831","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/dixie-be-damned-300-years-of-insurrection-in-the-american-south-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}