A fraternal org of white farmers and other rural southerners, including teachers, ministers, and physicians, the Farmers' Alliance began in TX in the mid-1870s and swept across the entire South during the late 1880s. The organization attempted to solve the mounting financial probs of southern farmers by forming coop purchasing & marketing enterprises. It advocated a federal farm-credit and marketing scheme called the subtreasury plan. (jan 1, 1875 – jan 1, 1892)
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jan 1, 1875
jan 1, 1892
~ 17 years