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“The number of [Black American] slaves increased from 700,000 in 1787 to over 4 million on the eve of the American Civil War; approximately 70 percent were involved in some way with cotton production.”
Gene Dattel – “Cotton and Race in the Making of America.”
March 14th, 2013 at 7:34 AM
BEAUTIFUL mon ! Much symbolism in this photo,and it takes my mine back to the warm places of the south,and the yesterdays when my parents and I would ride by, and wave at those in the fields……Peaceeeee