This is the fascinating story of the farmers and hill people from northern Arkansas, where slavery was not a big part of the local economy, who opposed the state\'s secession from the Union.
Increased pressure from Richmond in the fall of 1861 for the Arkansas government to provide more soldiers pressed Ar.
In resistance to secession and to fighting for the Confederacy, they formed secret organizations--known commonly as the Arkansas Peace Society--and inaugurated their own leaders.
This is the fascinating story of the farmers and hill people from northern Arkansas, where slavery was not a big part of the local economy, who opposed the state\'s secession from the Union