
#22 Whose America?, ep. 1: Rough Extraction
The Martyr Made Podcast
The Company Owned the School and Hired the Ministers
Many of the miners were destitute immigrants or former blackshare croppers. School only went up to eighth grade, and in most places, there was no high school. After that, the boys were expected to be up on the mountain working as trapper boys. The company owned the church and hired the minister. His sermons were monitored and were expected to reinforce company policy. Many of the ministers provided regular reports on what the miners were saying and thinking.
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