Georgia Cracker in the Cotton Mills
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A 1891 magazine article by Clare de Graffenried on the poor white "crackers" of Georgia and the Southern cotton mills where they work. It describes their homes, dress, diet, habits, dialect, religion, and schooling, and the labor of women and children in the mills while the men stay idle. The text is illustrated with sketches by Kemble, including scenes of cracker homes, mill women, and the mill interior. It is a social commentary of its time and has no technical weaving content.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1891
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 16
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