Tobacco Sharecropper in North Carolina 1939

A tobacco sharecropper in Person County, North Carolina, discusses his prospects in 1939. In July of that year, the image captures the economic realities and agricultural practices of the time. Sharecropping was a common system in the South, where landowners provided land and resources to farmers in exchange for a share of the crop. This arrangement often left sharecroppers in challenging financial situations.

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