If it wasn’t cotton, it would have been another crop that Amercans were too lazy to harvest by themselves. And that’s why illegals are so prevalent today. Once again, some other group is doing the jobs that Americans don’t want to do.
Americans weren’t lazy a few generations back.Without mechanization there was just too much work.
You’ve really bought into that “Americans don’t want to do” tripe?
Let employers offer competitive wages for legal employees and we won’t have any unfilled jobs—while our illegal immigration challenges will be more manageable.