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this whole association effort here is good
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and you should really listen to it,
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basically lending legitimacy to
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what were essentially really ad hoc organizations, ad hoc committees.
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Now in the South,
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the non-importation associations were more centered on the populace,
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not quite as centered on merchants,
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so southern non-importation associations were often very careful
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to have members sign on from throughout the community,
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so not just merchants but artisans and planters.
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And because in the South they were more popularly based,
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they were more centered on non-consumption than on non-importation--