Posted on 11/08/2012 6:16:47 AM PST by Kaslin
No, you are mistaken. If they were suitable for farm labor, agriculture would not be so mechanized.
“Blacks weren’t the only ones chopping and picking cotton back in the day.”
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That’s for sure, my lily white face and body used to turn to a light toast shade every summer from spending all day every day in the sun. Walking behind a plow, hoeing, picking cotton, etc. etc.
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