Great Railroad Strike 1877
by Photo Researchers
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Great Railroad Strike 1877
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Photo Researchers
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Photograph - Photograph
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A wood engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper showing the Sixth Regiment firing at a mob in Maryland during the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad strike of 1877. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 lasted 45 days and its most immediate cause was a wage cut for the second time in a year by B&O Railroad. State militias and federal troops, amid much violence across several states, finally ended the strike.
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March 14th, 2013
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