Migration in relation to Alabama agriculture
This document describes the migration loss of farm laborers from Alabama. It includes a historical overview of the Alabama farm labor situation from the early 1800s through the 1930s and points out the economic reasons why black laborers especially left Southern farms to seek industrial jobs in the...
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Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Reports |
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Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Reports Migration in relation to Alabama agriculture Davis, P. O. (Posey Oliver), 1890-1973 |
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Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Reports Migrant labor Migrant agricultural laborers Agriculture Migration, Internal -- Alabama |
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This document describes the migration loss of farm laborers from Alabama. It includes a historical overview of the Alabama farm labor situation from the early 1800s through the 1930s and points out the economic reasons why black laborers especially left Southern farms to seek industrial jobs in the North. It also describes efforts by the Extension Service to reduce the loss of farm laborers by providing educational support."Prepared for the special Congressional committee investigating interstate migration of destitute citizens, meeting in Montgomery, Ala., August 14-16, 1940." Caption title. |
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Migration in relation to Alabama agricultureDavis, P. O. (Posey Oliver), 1890-1973Migrant laborMigrant agricultural laborersAgricultureMigration, Internal -- AlabamaThis document describes the migration loss of farm laborers from Alabama. It includes a historical overview of the Alabama farm labor situation from the early 1800s through the 1930s and points out the economic reasons why black laborers especially left Southern farms to seek industrial jobs in the North. It also describes efforts by the Extension Service to reduce the loss of farm laborers by providing educational support."Prepared for the special Congressional committee investigating interstate migration of destitute citizens, meeting in Montgomery, Ala., August 14-16, 1940." Caption title.2017-07-01T04:41:31Z2017-07-01T04:41:31Z1940-08-16http://hdl.handle.net/11200/48883en_USapplication/pdf |
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Migration in relation to Alabama agriculture |
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Migration in relation to Alabama agriculture |
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Davis, P. O. (Posey Oliver), 1890-1973 |
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Davis, P. O. (Posey Oliver), 1890-1973 |
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