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Tobacco farming became an ever increasingly important economic enterprise in the late 19th century after the collapse of the cotton industry. The towns of Wilson, Greenville, Rocky Mount, and Kinston adapted with the changing economic and agricultural climate and built auction houses, warehouses, and communities out of migrant workers to accommodate the ever growing tobacco industry.
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A continuation of a previous article, it discusses the governorship of Henry Toole Clark during the Civil War. More an administrator than a politician, Clark faced severe challenges caused by the Civil War including shortages of salt, men, gunpowder, and uniforms. Clark only stayed in office until 1862, after which he retired to his plantation.
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