“The Populist Protest” is written by James MacGregor Burns in which he recounts the story of the Populist crusade, basically pointing out how it broke down racial barriers in the South and attracted talented women orators and activists in Kansas. He further emphasized in the important of liberty that was populism’s energizing force.
The crop lien system, tight money and the rest of the farmers’ ills nothing but seemed impersonal to the eastern city dweller. The system thus meant loss of liberty, as farmer became shackled to one
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