sharecropper
6 photos tagged sharecropper, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.
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Floyd Burroughs, cotton sharecropper. Hale County, Alabama (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2009
Workers going home from an afternoon of chopping cotton, Greene County, Ga. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Chopping cotton on rented land, near White Plains, Greene County, Ga. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Day laborers picking cotton, near Clarksdale, Miss. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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Floyd Burroughs, cotton sharecropper. Hale County, Alabama (LOC)
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Workers going home from an afternoon of chopping cotton, Greene County, Ga. (LOC)
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gkiltz said:
At least the farm buildings had electricity. Much of the rural south didn't
Chopping cotton on rented land, near White Plains, Greene County, Ga. (LOC)
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successful plot said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Social Documentary Photography & events, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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artpease said:
Has this field been planted yet? I see grass/weeds that they are 'chopping' but no cotton. One of the earlier photos shows some plant, I assume cotton, a few inches high in rows that the people are working around with hoes but not here and they should be high enough to show up. Is this just a very labor-intensive way to prepare last years ground for the new planting?
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l0bstar said:
They probably couldn't afford any major pieces of equipment. It was a cheap but labor intensive tillage method involving chopping down the old cotton plant stalks and turning any plant material under the soil surface.
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Bryan Boyd said:
Looks like sugarcane forground left side....
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Outrageous Branch said:
I am noting the even distribution of labor. No glass ceiling here.