Episodes Located: SAMPSON, North Carolina in the 1880's

  1. North Carolina Farmers' Alliance Comes to Sampson County
    date January, 1888map SAMPSON, North Carolinatags Agriculture, Politics

    Although the Alliance appeared in Robeson County, North Carolina in the spring of 1887, it was not until January 1888 that the Farmers' Alliance reached Sampson. By October 1887, the Alliance had established a state organization, with Syndenham B. Alexander as its president, Leonidas L. Polk as secretary, and Elias Carr as chairman of the executive committee. The Alliance attracted both small and...