MS - Young Day Laborer Carries Cotton Sacks from the field to the truck via horse, Hopson, Mississippi 1939

This powerful vintage photograph from 1939 captures a young African American boy working as a day laborer on Hopson Plantation in the Mississippi Delta. The child is seen carrying heavy sacks of cotton from the field to the truck, shedding light on the harsh realities of child labor in the agricultural sector during the Great Depression. This historical image highlights the economic hardships and social inequalities faced by Black families in the segregated South during this era.

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