Tobacco Sharecropper Relaxing Granville County 1939

Mr. Taylor relaxes after a long day of harvesting tobacco in Granville County, North Carolina. In July 1939, Dorothea Lange captured the daily life of sharecroppers, who worked tirelessly on land they did not own. Tobacco farming was crucial to the regions economy, illustrating the labor-intensive nature of agriculture in the South.

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