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Edward Carmack's killing became a mobilizing symbol within an already organized prohibition campaign. Tennessee then enacted distinct laws ending in-state retail sales in July 1909 and legal distilling in January 1910, showing that market closure and production closure were separate political acts.
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Carmack's death and the 1909 prohibition laws
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