Record #:

21790

Author(s):

Biles, Roger

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 84 Issue 2, Apr 2007, p156-190 , il, por, f

Subject(s):

Tobacco