American Farmers' MovementsVan Nostrand, 1957 - 192 pages |
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Page 26
... political independence was torpid . " Not only was there hostility to the governors , particularly Thomas Culpeper , Francis Howard ( Baron of Effingham ) , and Francis Nicholson , but also against the great planters who dominated the ...
... political independence was torpid . " Not only was there hostility to the governors , particularly Thomas Culpeper , Francis Howard ( Baron of Effingham ) , and Francis Nicholson , but also against the great planters who dominated the ...
Page 63
... political action , stressed the economic and political approach . Within a year the Northwestern Alliance claimed a thou- sand local groups containing 24,500 members , largely centered in the North Central states . In another few months ...
... political action , stressed the economic and political approach . Within a year the Northwestern Alliance claimed a thou- sand local groups containing 24,500 members , largely centered in the North Central states . In another few months ...
Page 155
... political organization , conduct an active system of political agitation in their respective states . Resolved , That the question of universal suffrage be recommended to the favorable consideration of the vari- ous states and ...
... political organization , conduct an active system of political agitation in their respective states . Resolved , That the question of universal suffrage be recommended to the favorable consideration of the vari- ous states and ...
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