The Black sharecroppers of the American South, 1939-1941

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After the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. The absence of cash or an independent credit system led to the creation of sharecropping which was a system agricultural labor in the South. In this article we’ve collected a few pictures of Black sharecroppers and migrant works in Georgia and Louisiana. Croppers […]

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