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- Title
Brutal Saviours of the Black Patch.
- Authors
Funk, William H.
- Abstract
The article discusses the formation of a group of Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco farmers in the area known as the Black Patch aligned against the business enterprise the American Tobacco Company, founded by U.S. businessman James Buchanan Duke, and a splinter vigilante group known as the Night Riders during the early 20th century. According to the article, the conflict was known as the Black Patch War. The article discusses the formation of the Duke Trust, the coalition against the Duke Trust, and the actions of the Night Riders.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BLACK Patch War, 1906-1909; TOBACCO industry; VIGILANTES; AMERICAN Tobacco Co.; TOBACCO farmers; DUKE, James Buchanan, 1856-1925; KENTUCKY state history; TENNESSEE state history; HISTORY; CORPORATE history; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
History Today, 2014, Vol 64, Issue 6, p21
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article