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Description:This is a history of The Mitcham Beat War in Clarke County, Alabama, which occurred in 1892-1893 between residents of Mitcham Beat, an electoral precinct and the merchant class of Clarke County.The war resulted from post-reconstruction practices of rural cotton farmers mortgaging their properties in exchange for credit to plant their cotton crop for the upcoming year. Credit was based on market prices at the beginning of the planting season. At harvest Marketers in New York consistently lowered cotton prices resulting in farmers not being able to meet their obligation.During this period, the Farmers' Alliance, a populist movement sought to defeat the ruling Democratic Party. The effort was not successful.Economic conditions resulted in a number of Mitcham Beat residents forming the Hell at the Breech Gang. Members of the gang murdered a Coffeeville, Alabama, merchant following his foreclosure on a Mitcham Beat Farmer.Citizens from towns and cities in Clarke County rode into Mitcham Beat to avenge the murder of their colleague. As many as five hundred riders took the law into their own hands, executing those they held responsible for the merchants' murder.This history is central to the novel "Hell at the Breach" by Tom Franklin.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Mitcham War of Clarke County, Alabama. To get started finding The Mitcham War of Clarke County, Alabama, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 75

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Publisher: The Clarke County Democrat

Release: 1988

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Description: This is a history of The Mitcham Beat War in Clarke County, Alabama, which occurred in 1892-1893 between residents of Mitcham Beat, an electoral precinct and the merchant class of Clarke County.The war resulted from post-reconstruction practices of rural cotton farmers mortgaging their properties in exchange for credit to plant their cotton crop for the upcoming year. Credit was based on market prices at the beginning of the planting season. At harvest Marketers in New York consistently lowered cotton prices resulting in farmers not being able to meet their obligation.During this period, the Farmers' Alliance, a populist movement sought to defeat the ruling Democratic Party. The effort was not successful.Economic conditions resulted in a number of Mitcham Beat residents forming the Hell at the Breech Gang. Members of the gang murdered a Coffeeville, Alabama, merchant following his foreclosure on a Mitcham Beat Farmer.Citizens from towns and cities in Clarke County rode into Mitcham Beat to avenge the murder of their colleague. As many as five hundred riders took the law into their own hands, executing those they held responsible for the merchants' murder.This history is central to the novel "Hell at the Breach" by Tom Franklin.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Mitcham War of Clarke County, Alabama. To get started finding The Mitcham War of Clarke County, Alabama, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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