Cotton Pickers
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A 1902 magazine article by Clifton Johnson describing a visit to South Carolina in early October to observe the cotton harvest. It covers cotton patches of various sizes, how pickers gather cotton in bags and blankets, and the daily life of Black farm families, including rice pounding, peanut growing and recollections of slavery. It is illustrated with photographs of cotton picking, plantation quarters, a cart, a well and a rice mill.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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