shadetobacco

Accompanying note: "The tobacco crop is never in the sun. Cheesecloth shields the growing plant from the direct rays of the sun. The crop is harvested in the shade and carried to the drying barns in covered wagons."

This little boy will go home hot, tired and covered in tobacco sap. This is hard child labor and not long ago.

Accompanying note: "[...] sticks are taken to packers and then to the cigar plant in bundles which weigh about 150 pounds. Brittle and dry, the tobacco would crumble if anyone tried to bend or fold them."

Accompanying note: "Gadsden County's harvest of gold, shade tobacco, is being set as weather clears and sun shines warmly. Some 43 acres on the C.W. Harbin farm are getting the plants beneath the shade this week. Priming, harvesting leaves from the plants, is expected to start in seven weeks, and continue until late June."

Looking forward to more images of #africanamericans as Entrepreneurs, Professionals, etc.

Accompanying note: "The tobacco crop is never in the sun. Cheesecloth shields the growing plant from the direct rays of the sun. The crop is harvested in the shade and carried to the drying barns in covered wagons."