Showing posts with label Peonage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peonage. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

65 years old man born on a plantation in Norwood, LA

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James "Moon B" London I spent the few last days at  Womack Syrup Mill in St. Helena Parish. It was a pleasure to meet some very in...
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Monday, March 21, 2022

Louis Ali Researching His Allen Family History with Dr. Antoinette Harrell

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Star Hill C.M.E Church Amite County, Mississippi Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell For twenty years Crawford Allen's story sat on Dr....
Monday, December 20, 2021

Negro Rehabilitation Client in Tangipahoa Parish

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  About this Item Title Negro rehabilitation client, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Contributor Names Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photograph...
Thursday, August 5, 2021

Script from Lumber Mills Operating in the Louisiana Florida Parishes

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Script from the Lumber Mills in the Louisiana Florida Parishes Lumber town generally emerged in isolated locations far removed from the main...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Dr. Antoinette Harrell Analyzing Plantation Records on

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Dr. Antoinette Harrell reviewing records on a plantation Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. G enealogists and family historians unders...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Plantation Owners Minted Their Own Coins and Money

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Sharecropper's Coin  S ome larger plantations in the the South printed their own money and minted their own coins. The plantation ow...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Sharecroppers Contracts or Lease Agreements

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M y great grandfather Robert Harrell was determined not to spend his life working as a sharecropper or tenant farmer. He and his son Alexand...