Army of Free Farmers

A militant group organized John Van Heller and George Van Tassel in the Kaap region of Saridan. Was determined to prevent industry from spreading to their communities.

Founding
John Van Heller and George Van Tassel were both authors of political essays. They were radical agrarians and and they called for an armed defense of their way of life. Many farmers answered this call by joining militias organized throughout rural Kaap. Van Heller and Van Tassel officially named the militias the Army of Free Farmer (AFF for short) in January 3841. Leaders of the militias from alll around rural Kaap met to elect a leader of the AFF. Only two canidates were considered, Van Heller and Van Tassel. People gave speeches that endorsed one of the candidates. After four days of speeches from militia leaders, Van Tassel took the stage. His speech was full of emotionally lines and riled up the crowd. However Van Tassel came off as radical when he stated during the speech, "Let the farmers rise and coupe the republic."