Summary Of The Book 'On Bended Knees'

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The book On Bended Knees was written by Bill Cunningham the book was published in 1983 with 219 pages of text to read. The author is also a native of Kentucky and wrote a book about the Night Riders and Tobacco and how it affected west Kentucky and Tennessee. This book it talks about how Tobacco first started in America and how it played a big part in America lives and as well for the farmers who grew it, and also talks about how the Night Riders form and how it as well affects the counties in west Kentucky and Tennessee. Also, learn about two exceptional men named James B. Duke and David A. Amoss. Tobaccos originated from England it was brought over here because King James I did not like it and he called it “nasty weed”. The only States that grew tobacco was Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. 1664, they produce 24 million pounds a year of tobacco, starting making it into a serious business making smoking tobacco, and this is the first time that a government took on trade like this, just because King James I saw how everyone in America was buying it, so he wanted to make a profit of it by taxing on tobacco. Soon America had different strain of…show more content…
When farmers still have not joined their association they would call that person out, and if they did not come out when they are called they will start shooting their windows out until the person come and from there they would tie them up to the tree with their back out and began to whip them until they

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