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  • Collection: Agricultural Empowerment in Academics, Research, and Extension

Tobacco transplanter

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A black and white photograph of African-American farmers using a tractor and modern machinery to mechanize the tobacco transplanting process.

Walking primers and trucking with mule-drawn sled

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This is a black and white photograph of a farmers controlling a mule drawn sled. They are using draft power to harvest tobacco leaves.

What is a Primary Source? A How-To Guide for High School Students

Traditional Lesson Plan – Primary Sources.pdf
This lesson plan teaches high school students how to identify, analyze, and interpret primary sources such as textual documents, media, and oral histories. Teachers can use the lesson plan with primary sources of their choosing.

Women Holding Harvested Tobacco Leaves

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This is an image of two young women helping to prepare harvested tobacco for curing. Two female children are also in the picture.

Workers in the field gathering tobacco leaves

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This is a black and white photograph of African-American farm laborers harvesting tobacco leaves. The laborers are men, women, and a child. Note also their reliance on draft power in the background of the photograph.