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Albumen print of African-Americans looking on as a cotton bale is being compressed, Chatham County, Georgia, ca. 1880

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Wilson, J.N. (Savannah, Ga.)

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Chatham County, ca. 1880. Several Blacks look on while a cotton bale is being compressed in a cotton compressor.This is an albumen print.The photograph was taken by J.N. Wilson, who was of 21 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, at the time that the photograph was taken.Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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Georgia Archives

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Agricultural Laborers
  2. African Americans
  3. Agriculture
  4. Business
  5. Chatham County
  6. Cotton Baling
  7. Georgia
  8. Savannah

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