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14734
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Compared with bright leaf, there is not much difference in the process of cultivation of burley tobacco. But when it comes to harvesting - it's a plant of a different color.
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35572
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Almost seventy percent of tobacco farmed in the US coming from Eastern NC. From that, the state’s number one cash crop well earned its king status. Developing more mechanically sophisticated means of curing, as well as replacing the longstanding human labor with machinery, just made the hard earned goal easier to accomplish.
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35919
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April was known for two Durham County anniversaries, one being the 116th anniversary of General Joseph Johnston’s surrender to General William Sherman. The latter event appears to have generated only loss, but the author proved otherwise. Noted was Union soldiers camping near Bennett Place planted a seed of demand for its bright leaf tobacco. Wealth generated from the demand yielded the relocation of Trinity College to Durham. From an endowment by James B. Duke came the transformation of Trinity College into Duke University.
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Durham County--Description and travel; Duke University; Trinity College (Durham)--History; Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925; Tobacco--Bright Leaf; Civil War; Sherman, William T., 1820-1891; Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891; Bennett Place State Historic Site; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Hillsborough--History
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41277
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This company’s 1955 advertisements and series of articles published by Lorillard in Carolina Times suggested African Americans had the same opportunities for advancement as other races in the United States. It wasn’t until the opening of a new plant in Greensboro the following year that the truth dismissed in both media items started to come to light. It was by examining the experiences of African American workers in this plant between 1956-1970, plus the history of their involvement in the tobacco industry, the author reveals further the truth about the challenges African Americans faced on the job and in society.
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Advertising--portrayal of African Americans--twentieth century; Tobacco--Advertising; Tobacco--working conditions--African Americans ; Tobacco companies--Greensboro--Lorillard Tobacco Company ; Discrimination in advertisement--African Americans ; Discrimination in public relations--African Americans ; CAROLINA TIMES (newspaper)--articles--African Americans and discrimination ; Tobacco--Bright Leaf; Tobacco Workers International Union--Tobacco plants--North Carolina ; Court cases--North Carolina--African Americans--discrimination ; Newspapers--Durham