Negro Labor in the Cotton Fields
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A short 1906 encyclopedia article on African American labor in the Southern cotton fields, written from the viewpoint of planters. It discusses the migration of Black workers to Southern cities, planters' worries about finding field labor, attempts to substitute Italian immigrants, and the wages and work habits of field hands. It is a period source that contains racist stereotyping and says nothing about textile production or weaving.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1906
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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