American Farmers' MovementsVan Nostrand, 1957 - 192 pages |
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Page 55
... join in droves . They hoped that therein might lie their salvation from bankruptcy and foreclosure . By early 1875 there were 858,000 members , 32 state organizations existed , and there were some mem- bers in all of the states except ...
... join in droves . They hoped that therein might lie their salvation from bankruptcy and foreclosure . By early 1875 there were 858,000 members , 32 state organizations existed , and there were some mem- bers in all of the states except ...
Page 69
... join " Whiskers " Peffer of Kansas and John L. M. Irby of South Carolina . The Southern Alliance fought shy of third - party movements , fearing a division in the forces upholding white supremacy , and preferred trying to capture the ...
... join " Whiskers " Peffer of Kansas and John L. M. Irby of South Carolina . The Southern Alliance fought shy of third - party movements , fearing a division in the forces upholding white supremacy , and preferred trying to capture the ...
Page 124
... join us in council and deliberation on this important crisis , and conclude upon measures interesting to the western coun- ties of Pennsylvania and Virginia . A notification of this kind may be seen in the Pittsburgh paper . Parkinson's ...
... join us in council and deliberation on this important crisis , and conclude upon measures interesting to the western coun- ties of Pennsylvania and Virginia . A notification of this kind may be seen in the Pittsburgh paper . Parkinson's ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
Revolts of Indian Farmers | 11 |
Movements of Colonists | 18 |
Copyright | |
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