"To Educate, Agitate, and Legislate": Baptists, Methodists, and the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, 1901-1910

Authors

Mary Beth Mathews, University of Mary WashingtonFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal Title

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

Organized in 1901, the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia (ASLVA) became the leading statewide association in battling the liquor forces. The league claimed to be nonpartisan and nonpolitical; its motto was "The saloon must go."3 A variety of white Protestant clergy and laymen staffed the ASLVA, and these leaders kept up a unified front as they promoted their sale stated goal, the eradication of the saloon.

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Published by the Virginia Historical Society - https://www.virginiahistory.org/.

Publisher Statement

Copyright 2009 - Virginia Historical Society. Permission received on 8/21/19.

Recommended Citation

Mathews, Mary Beth. “‘To Educate, Agitate, and Legislate’: Baptists, Methodists, and the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, 1901-1910.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 117, no. 3 (2009): 250–87.