We went from this:
To this. Much more efficient and nobody is forced to work it except the farmers who own it.
I live in NC and there are lots of cotton fields around here.
I’ve never seen a single black person working in one.
We went from this:
To this. Much more efficient and nobody is forced to work it except the farmers who own it.
Me either. Years ago I knew some older folks, male and female, who as youngsters picked cotton by hand. All were White.
Yeah. I am in Eastern NC. I see lots of cotton fields here.
“I live in NC and there are lots of cotton fields around here.”
Like you, except I lived in the San Juaquin Valley in California, we had cotton around us too back in the 1950’s. They didn’t have the mechanical capacity they do now to pick but I never saw a black in the fields either. And it was a mix of many different people. Many of the same people picked the citris, melons, grapes, oranges, plums and lemons. And none of them sang any songs either. I figured for her that was next.
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“I’ve never seen a single black person working in one.”
Obviously it’s because Massa keeps them hidden away in the Back 40 fields where you can’t see them. Duh!!
“Carolina snow.”