In that year, it was unusual for being a rural riot: more than 200 black tenant farmers were killed by roving white vigilantes and federal troops after a deputy sheriff's attack on a union meeting of sharecroppers left one white man dead.
It was unusual for being a rural riot. This was in that year. More than 200 black tenant farmers were killed by roving white vigilantes after a deputy sheriff's attack on a union meeting of sharecroppers. More than 200 black tenant farmers were killed by roving federal troops after a deputy sheriff's attack on a union meeting of sharecroppers. These sharecroppers were left one white man dead.