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Child Labor in the American South
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Cannery Workers
Alabama: Oyster Industry (Michelle Chagnon)
Louisiana: Oyster Shuckers in Dunbar Cannery (Jason Harrell)
Maryland: Cannery Workers (Eytan Kaplowitz)
Mississippi: Cannery Workers (Wang Lee)
Mississippi: Oyster Shuckers (Jessica Lester)
Mississippi: Shrimp Pickers (Macky Lawrence)
Coal Mining
Alabama: Bessie Mine (Jessica Ballantine)
Tennessee/West Virginia: Coal (Beth Smilow)
Factory Work
Florida: Cigar-making (Thomas Christy)
Virginia: Cigarette Factories (Max Vreatt)
West Virginia: Glass Workers (Thomas Weikle)
Farm and Field Labor
Kentucky: Farm Work (John Guzinski )
Kentucky: Tobacco 1 (Mark Gradoni)
Kentucky: Tobacco 2 (Jacqueline Ham)
Maryland: Berry Pickers (Eileen Jeanneret)
Texas: Cotton Pickers (Jonathan Soulen)
Texas: Lumber (Gareth Sparks)
Textile Mills
Alabama: Avondale Mills (Russell Amy)
Alabama: Images with Machinery (Stephanie Selver)
Alabama: Pell City Mill, Pell City (Courtney Atkins)
Georgia: Massachusetts Mill, Lindale GA (Lindsey Engler)
Georgia: Rome Hosiery Mill (Katherine DuFresne)
Georgia: Walker County Hosiery Mills (Nick Fantinato)
Georgia/Virginia: "Dinner Toters" (Joshua Gazo)
Mississippi: Magnolia Cotton Mills (Joshua Kuderna)
North Carolina: Doffers (Maggie Miller)
North Carolina: Gastonia (Thomas Marino)
North Carolina: High Point (Melissa Montgomery)
North Carolina: Scotland Neck (Joanna Petros)
South Carolina: Belton (Daniel Reiner)
South Carolina: Rock Hill (Charlotte Porter)
South Carolina: Wylie Mill (Donald Scott)
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