HIST 289R Study Guide - Final Guide: United Farm Workers, Kleptomania, Economic Surplus
26 Sep 2014
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Free produce movement started by quakers and anti slavery advocates (abolitionists) buy for the sake of slaves , boycotting slave made goods first free labor store in baltimore didn"t really work (cid:224) huge market, hard to find certain cheaper goods (cid:224) hard to change consumer habits laid groundwork for future consumer activism, argued it was the consumers, not merchants or producers, that had real power different from 18th c boycotts b/c they acknowledged the need for consumer goods and advocated for alternative purchases post revolution boycotts. Nonintercourse/rebel consumerism boycotting northern goods and promoting southern industry and home manufacture deny the north any of ours to ship, spin, chew, or eat secessions suits (cid:224) cotton picked and spun in the south, boost southern nationalism laid groundwork for future consumer activism, argued it was the consumers, not merchants or producers, that had real power different from 18th c boycotts b/c they acknowledged the need for consumer goods and advocated for alternative purchases.
