Record #:

20548

Author(s):

Jolley, Harley E.

Abstract:

This article examines several potential causes for the slow development of the labor movement in the State, including the impact of slavery, southern Calvinistic views on the immorality of striking, a fear of Catholicism and Northern labor organizers, sectionalism, and slow industrialization, among others.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 3, July 1953, p354-375, f

Subject(s):

Labor movement--History