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Leonidas Polk

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Date created
1870–1879
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Original image housed by North Carolina State University / D.H. Hill Library, Special Collections

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  • North Carolina in the New South: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot. (Page 7.3)
  • North Carolina in the New South: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot. (Page 7.2)

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Leonidas Polk

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Leonidas Lafayette Polk (L. L. Polk) was a North Carolina farmer, journalist, and political figure. He founded the Progressive Farmer magazine in 1886 and led the national Farmers’ Alliance, which spawned the Populist Party in the 1890s.