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Black Patch Tobacco Wars

Index Black Patch Tobacco Wars

The Black Patch Tobacco Wars were a period of civil unrest and violence in the western counties of the U.S. states of Kentucky and Tennessee at the turn of the 20th century, circa 1904-1909. [1]

29 relations: Adams, Tennessee, American Tobacco Company, Augustus E. Willson, Caldwell County, Kentucky, Christian County, Kentucky, Cobb, Kentucky, Dycusburg, Kentucky, Fredonia, Kentucky, Guthrie, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, James Albert Bonsack, James Buchanan Duke, James Truslow Adams, Kentucky, Kentucky Army National Guard, Mexico, Kentucky, Monopoly, Newton Jasper Wilburn, Night Rider (novel), Paramilitary, Planters' Protective Association, Princeton, Kentucky, Russellville, Kentucky, Sherman Antitrust Act, Tennessee, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, The Night Riders, United States, United States v. American Tobacco Co..

Adams, Tennessee

Adams is a city in Robertson County, Tennessee.

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American Tobacco Company

The American Tobacco Company was a tobacco company founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco manufacturers including Allen and Ginter and Goodwin & Company.

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Augustus E. Willson

Augustus Everett Willson (October 13, 1846 – August 24, 1931) was an American politician and the 36th Governor of Kentucky.

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Caldwell County, Kentucky

Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Christian County, Kentucky

Christian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Cobb, Kentucky

Cobb is an unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States.

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Dycusburg, Kentucky

Dycusburg is an inactive home rule-class city in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States.

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Fredonia, Kentucky

Fredonia is a home rule-class city in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Guthrie, Kentucky

Guthrie is a home rule-class city in Todd County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Hopkinsville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Christian County, Kentucky, United States.

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James Albert Bonsack

James Albert Bonsack (October 9, 1859,. URL last accessed 2006-10-11., with diagrams. URL last accessed 2006-10-11. – June 1, 1924) was an American inventor who invented the first cigarette rolling machine in 1880.

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James Buchanan Duke

James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 – October 10, 1925) was an American tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for the introduction of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing, and his involvement with Duke University.

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James Truslow Adams

James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) was an American writer and historian.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Kentucky Army National Guard

The Kentucky Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard.

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Mexico, Kentucky

Mexico is an unincorporated community, in Crittenden County, Kentucky.

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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek μόνος mónos and πωλεῖν pōleîn) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity.

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Newton Jasper Wilburn

Captain Newton Jasper Wilburn (November 9, 1874 – January 31, 1927) was a Kentucky National Guard officer who played a crucial part in ending the Black Patch Tobacco Wars, the most sustained and violent civil uprising in America since the Civil War.

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Night Rider (novel)

Night Rider is the first novel by American author Robert Penn Warren.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a semi-militarized force whose organizational structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not included as part of a state's formal armed forces.

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Planters' Protective Association

The Planters' Protective Association (1904–1908) was an agrarian organization formed in the Kentucky and Tennessee "Black Patch" dedicated to fair business and the protection of farmers' economic interests in light of the market dominance of the American Tobacco Company.

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Princeton, Kentucky

Princeton is a home rule-class city in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Russellville, Kentucky

Russellville is a home rule-class city in Logan County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Sherman Antitrust Act

The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act) is a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law (or "competition law") passed by Congress in 1890 under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture is a reference book on the U.S. state of Tennessee that was published in book form in 1998 and has also been available online since 2002.

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The Night Riders

The Night Riders was the name given by the press to the militant faction of tobacco farmers during a popular resistance to the monopolistic practices of the American Tobacco Company of James B. Duke.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States v. American Tobacco Co.

United States v. American Tobacco Company, 221 U.S. 106 (1911), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the combination in this case is one in restraint of trade and an attempt to monopolize the business of tobacco in interstate commerce within the prohibitions of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Patch_Tobacco_Wars

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