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MONTGOMERY, Alabama in the 1880s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Prohibition Urged in Montgomery
    date February 10, 1881map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags Health/Death

    A front-page article in the Montgomery Daily Advertiser put its finger on the pulse of the temperance movement in the area, claiming in its title, Prohibition: Let Us Have It. The culmination of many letters to the editor, the article served to educate readers about the dangers of alcohol and the benefits of prohibition. The temperance movement spread across the South in the last quarter of the 19th...

  2. Labor Party of Alabama formed
    date March 25, 1888map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags Agriculture, Economy, Race-Relations

    In March, seventy representatives from the Knights of Labor, the Agricultural Wheel, and the Farmers Alliance met in Montgomery to discuss the possibility of forming a joint political party. Several county leaders had already dismissed the convention, condemning its aims to mix economic interests with political power as impractical. Instead of forming a political party, the critics urged the gathered...