On This Day in West Virginia History, April 11th

April 11, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

Samuel Dixon

On April 11, 1908, coal operator Samuel Dixon and six other men were indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Huntington on charges of peonage and conspiracy.

Learn more: "A Temptation to Lawlessness: Peonage in West Virginia, 1903-1908" Special Message of Governor Dawson Concerning Cases of Peonage and Labor Conditions "Twenty-Three Peonage Indictments Are Reported" Document-Based Questions