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Who supported the Farmers Alliance?
The Populist Party emerged out of the Farmers’ Alliances and the agricultural distress of the 1880s. Supporters of the Populist Party and many Democrats favored silver, while Republicans and financial interests advocated the gold standard.
What was the Farmers Alliance and what was its relationship to the Populist Party?
The Farmers Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers that developed and flourished ca. The Farmers’ Alliance moved into politics in the early 1890s under the banner of the People’s Party, commonly known as the “Populists.”
How did farmers alliances help poor farmers keep their farms?
Many Farmers’ Alliance chapters set up cooperative stores that sold goods at lower prices than retail establishments, and they also established cooperative mills and storehouses to help decrease the costs to farmers of bringing goods to market.
Why was the Colored farmers Alliance important?
Being a fraternal organization, the Colored Alliance solicited funds to help sick and disabled members. Its spokesmen advised Black farmers that they could best alleviate racial prejudice by owning their own homes and avoiding debt.
When did the Farmers Alliance start and end?
The Farmers’ Alliance began in the 1870s. By 1886, it was a national movement with three parts. There was the Southern Alliance, the Farmers’ Alliance, and the Colored Farmers’ Alliance (African American farmers had a separate organization because of segregation).
When did the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union start?
The National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union, more commonly known as the Southern Farmers’ Alliance (or simply the Alliance), began in the mid-to-late 1870s. The organization began spreading eastward through Arkansas and beyond in 1887.
When did the Colored Farmers Alliance come to Georgia?
The Farmers’ Alliance did not admit African Americans, but a separate (though in many ways subordinate) Colored Farmers’ Alliance was formed in Texas in 1886. The Colored Alliance reached Georgia by 1889 and held its first state meeting in Macon one year later, but it never reached the membership or influence of its white counterpart.
What was the name of the African American Farmers Alliance?
African American farmers in the South, banned from membership in the Southern Alliance, formed the Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union (also called the Colored Farmers’ Alliance). This organization had many of the same goals as its white counterpart. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content.