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Southern Negro on the Farm.

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United States. Farm Security Administration

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More than four and one-half million individuals - 38 percent of the total Negro population of the United States - are living on farms in the sixteen southern states.

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Wells College

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Empire State Digital Network

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Agriculture
  3. Employment
  4. Southern States

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