The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 wrenched American history onto a new course. Focussing on events in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, this essay brings this dramatic and bloody confrontation to life, as ordinary people, driven to the wall by oppression, rose against their masters. This was the opening act in long years of savage struggle for the rights of labor that continue to this day.
Important places
Baltimore (390)Pittsburgh (1,170)
Counties
Allegheny (1,224)Baltimore (440)
Regions
Maryland (1,306)Pennsylvania (4,458)
Countries
United States (64,950)Other geographical areas
Allegheny Plateau (173)Piedmont (USA) (1,063)
Appalachian Mountains (1,111)