Knights of Labor

The economic revival of the 1880s provided a more congenial atmosphere for unionizing. As was true elsewhere in the United States, organized labor was generally more successful in urban areas and among skilled workers.

From the late nineteenth century through most of the twentieth century, the textile industry dominated South Carolina manufacturing. It employed…

In South Carolina, the Alliance movement “swept over our state like a wave” in the late 1880s, first appearing in the Pee Dee region.