American Farmers' MovementsVan Nostrand, 1957 - 192 pages |
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Page 9
... century , when freed indentured servants found no rigid class lines to hinder their ascent . In 1629 nearly a sixth of the members of the House of Burgesses in Virginia were former redemptioners , and for a few years their per- centage ...
... century , when freed indentured servants found no rigid class lines to hinder their ascent . In 1629 nearly a sixth of the members of the House of Burgesses in Virginia were former redemptioners , and for a few years their per- centage ...
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... century were of the essence of farmers ' movements . The plant - cutting episodes of early Virginia tobacco planters , like the night - rider move- ment of two centuries later , was an attempt to fix prices ; but Bacon's Rebellion was ...
... century were of the essence of farmers ' movements . The plant - cutting episodes of early Virginia tobacco planters , like the night - rider move- ment of two centuries later , was an attempt to fix prices ; but Bacon's Rebellion was ...
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... century , even in the granary and larder of the nation , was not an exceptional one in time and place . The scarcity of money for the country as a whole was largely a relative matter . If one could imagine a long- range static demand in ...
... century , even in the granary and larder of the nation , was not an exceptional one in time and place . The scarcity of money for the country as a whole was largely a relative matter . If one could imagine a long- range static demand in ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
Revolts of Indian Farmers | 11 |
Movements of Colonists | 18 |
Copyright | |
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acres agricultural American Association Bacon Bland-Allison Act bullion bushel cattle Cedar County cent charge coin coinage colonial Congress cooperative cotton court crop currency debts declared demand Document efforts election elevators England English farm farmers Farmers Alliance favor federal force free silver free-silver frontier gold Governor grain greenback hundred Industrial Commission interest Iowa John Kansas Knights of Labor labor land landlords later legal tender legislation legislature Macune ment militia milk movement national banks Negro Night Riders Nonpartisan League North Dakota officers Opechancanough operators organization paid party payment Pennsylvania Pequots Philip planters political Populist purchase quitrents railroad Rebellion Rensselaerwyck sell senators settlers sharecroppers Shays Shaysites sheriff Sioux City South Southern Alliance tenants tion tobacco town trade treasury notes Union United Virginia vote Washington West wheat Whiskey Insurrection ye Indians