A Rhetorical Analysis of the Populist Movement in North Carolina, 1892-1896University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1957 - 574 pages |
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... lands on the farms . By 1890 , 65.5 % of the land of the average farm was unimproved , compared with a national scale of 42.6 % .9 Farms , too , had shrunk in size from 1870 on . 7. Hugh T. Lefler , North Carolina History Told by ...
... lands on the farms . By 1890 , 65.5 % of the land of the average farm was unimproved , compared with a national scale of 42.6 % .9 Farms , too , had shrunk in size from 1870 on . 7. Hugh T. Lefler , North Carolina History Told by ...
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... land with nine million mortgaged homes ' oppressed and held down by scoundrels and plutocrats . Rather , it can be ' the land of the free and the home of the brave . ' In this new land one will be able to ' pour out to the Maker of the ...
... land with nine million mortgaged homes ' oppressed and held down by scoundrels and plutocrats . Rather , it can be ' the land of the free and the home of the brave . ' In this new land one will be able to ' pour out to the Maker of the ...
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... land should not be monopolized for speculative purposes . All lands now held by railroads and other corporations in ... land monopoly as well as alien ownership should be prohibited . 2. We condemn the frauds by which land grants to the ...
... land should not be monopolized for speculative purposes . All lands now held by railroads and other corporations in ... land monopoly as well as alien ownership should be prohibited . 2. We condemn the frauds by which land grants to the ...
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