Cotton press in operation in the South after ?

Cotton press in operation in the South after the U.S. Civil War. The machine had a large vertical screw turned by horses or mules harnessed to long poles, which packed the cotton into a large bale for transport to the textile mills of Britain or the U.S

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Bale Bales Baling Blacks Crops Fibers Freedmen Harnessed Mules Packed Poles Screw Slaves

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