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The Day of the Rope

The Molly Maguires became international news on June 21, 1877, when the authorities
hanged ten Irish miners in a single day in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Known as #Black #Thursday, or Day of the Rope, it was the second largest mass execution in U.S. history.

(The largest was in 1862, when the U.S. government executed 38 Dakota warriors).

The authorities accused the Irishmen of being terrorists from a secret organization called the #Molly #Maguires.

They executed ten more over the next two years, and imprisoned another twenty suspected Molly Maguires.

Most of the convicted men were #union #activists.
Some even held public office, as #sheriffs and #school #board members.

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https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/13/the-myth-of-the-molly-maguires/