In the turbulent times of 1934, a man named Maxie Peterson, a resident of Honea Path, South Carolina, found his life tragically cut short. His death was not an isolated incident but a pivotal moment in a violent chapter of American labor history known as the Chiquola Mill Massacre. The incident unfolded on a grim Thursday in September when tensions between striking textile workers and mill management reached a bloody zenith.
The backdrop to this tragedy was the general textile workers' st
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