February
3rd 2010
Posted under BookLog & Economics & Political Philosophy & Politics
It is an all-too-familiar plot: Government-sanctioned big-business vs. farmers. With the price of dark-leaf tobacco spiraling downward, debt-plagued planters of Kentucky’s “Black Patch” region grew increasingly desperate during the early 1900’s. The gigantic American Tobacco Company had achieved unchallenged control over the market, and planters were stuck selling at whatever price the tobacco trust dictated.
Here, though, the story deviates from the script, for the farmers refused to roll over and die…
RedPhillips on 03 Feb 2010 at 7:12 pm #
Excellent work.
My father and mother were raised in Elkton, KY which is just north of Guthrie. So I heard about this from my dad when I was young.
Michael on 03 Feb 2010 at 9:23 pm #
Great article … This was a significant and stirring time in Western Kentucky. Those of us blessed by living here hold this as a defining moment.
Does it portend things to come? Hmmm …
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