Social Bandits & Dispossession and Violence in the West

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Social bandits

Outlaws who resisted injustice and sometimes redistributed wealth

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Joaquin Murrieta

Mexican bandit in California who became a folk hero for resisting Anglo oppression

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La Carambada (Leonarda)

Female bandit who robbed the wealthy and redistributed wealth to the poor

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Las Gorras Blancas

Resistance group in New Mexico that protested land loss and Anglo control

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Loss of Mexican land after U.S. takeover

Long court cases, legal manipulation, and Anglo squatting caused many Mexicans to lose their land

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Economic transformation of the West

Railroads, mining, and agribusiness expanded and relied heavily on cheap Mexican labor