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Episode 171: The battle of Blair Mountain
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:44:24
Publish Date: 2021-06-24 09:33:19
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In the early 1900s, the coal fields of West Virginia were a tough place to work. With the mine owners keeping a tight grip on their wallets, miners got cheated out of their rightful earnings left, right, and center. From 1912 to 1922, southern West Virginia became a hotbed of miners who refused to take the mine owners' disrespect any longer.
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