African American laborers processing cotton
African American laborers processing cotton through cotton gin, on Alexander Knoxs plantation, Mount Pleasant, SC, 1874. After the Civil war, landless African American, no longer enslaved by law, were coerced into one-sided and exploitive labor contracts on large plantation. Another alternative was the equally exploitive share-cropping system, but offered Freedmen greater distance from overseers and regimented gang labor. Photo by George Barnard
Picture No
13123084
Media ID
45382716
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2527px x 2700px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
