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History, 15.12.2021 21:10 charleneubah3902

“Between 40 and 50 soldiers’ wives…made an attack on several of our business men last Wednesday, whom they regarded as speculators in the necessaries of life…The first visited was Mr. M. Brown’s. They demanded he should sell them flour at $19.50 per barrel. This he declined to do, alleging that his flour had cost him more than twice that sum. They then said they were determined to have the flour and would take it… and accordingly went to work with hatchets on his store room door. Mr. Brown agreed to give them free of charge, ten barrels. They accepted the offer; the flour was rolled out and hauled off…” “A Female Raid,” Carolina Watchman
Salisbury, NC March 23, 1863

According to the above news article, why did the women attack Mr. Brown’s store?
A. They found out he was a spy for the Union army.

B. The women could not afford to buy his flour so that they could make bread.

C. Mr. Brown refused to sell them fabric which they needed to make clothes for their children.

D. He reserved fresh fruits and vegetables for only the wealthy women of Salisbury.

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