White Sharecropper Priming Tobacco in 1939 North Carolina

In July 1939, a white sharecropper primes tobacco early in the morning in Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina. Sharecropping was a common agricultural practice in the South, where landless farmers worked on larger landowners fields. Tobacco was a primary cash crop, vital for the regional economy and livelihoods.

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