Hawaii and Louisiana: The Plantation's Shadow, 1887-1889

Podcast: Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast · Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

Opublikowano: 2026-09-15

This episode is part of Season 40: America's 250th Anniversary -- 50 states, 25 double-feature episodes exploring the cases that shaped American history from every corner of the country. Hawaii, 1889. A Japanese shopkeeper is lynched from a telephone pole on the main street of Honoka'a for speaking English on behalf of plantation workers. Louisiana, 1887. Ten thousand sugar cane workers strike for cash wages instead of scrip -- and armed paramilitaries sweep through residential streets at dawn, killing between 35 and 300 people. Two plantation economies. Two communities who challenged the system. The same answer.<...