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15143
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As far as official records show, the question of temperance or prohibition first came up in North Carolina in 1783, and has been coming up ever since. In 1865, the Friends of Temperance was organized in Virginia and spread throughout the south by 1877, with 290 chapters in North Carolina. In 1909, prohibition won the vote in North Carolina as well.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 51, May 1941, p12
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21722
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This article examines the temperance movement of antebellum Rowan County from its early beginnings in the late 18th century, to the height of its power in the 1850s, and subsequent collapse by 1860.