How widespread is the problem?                                              

Not Alone

How widespread is the problem?

Destitution plagued the Confederacy. In spontaneous grassroots uprisings, poor women gathered in places like Salisbury, North Carolina; Columbus, Georgia; and Mobile, Alabama to demand affordable food—or to take it by force.

 

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7. Report of raid in Salisbury, North Carolina.
8. Arlington, Virginia, June 2, 2020.