Plowed cotton fields on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434613/free-photo-image-soil-harvest-plantationFree Image from public domain licenseStoop Labor in Cotton Field, San Joaquin Valley, California by Dorothea Lange https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263161/stoop-labor-cotton-field-san-joaquin-valley-california-dorothea-langeFree Image from public domain licenseBlack Woman Giving Her Children a Drink in the Field Where She's Hoeing Cotton on an FSA Cooperative Project (Allen… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14263235/photo-image-cloud-face-plantFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Member of Allen Plantation cooperative association resting while hoeing cotton. Near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12241152/photo-image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseMember of Allen Plantation cooperative association resting while hoeing cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12241119/photo-image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain license William Aiken Walker paintings of cotton pickers, displayed at Houmas House and Gardens, a Louisiana… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044774/photo-image-frame-person-artFree Image from public domain license day laborers brought in by truck from nearby towns waiting to be paid off for cotton picking and buy supplies inside… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12241470/photo-image-face-people-public-domainFree Image from public domain license A William Aiken Walker painting of cotton pickers, displayed at Houmas House and Gardens, a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068927/photo-image-frame-plant-personFree Image from public domain license A William Aiken Walker painting of cotton pickers, displayed at Houmas House and Gardens, a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044504/photo-image-frame-plant-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Member of Allen Plantation cooperative association hoeing cotton. Near Natchitoches… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240520/photo-image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseMember of the Allen Plantation cooperative association resting from hoeing cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sourced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240514/photo-image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Going to crossroads store for supplies in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240352/photo-image-person-horse-animalFree Image from public domain licenseMulatto Worker on John Henry cotton plantation. He was talented in crafts and weaving. Melrose, Louisiana by Marion Post… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14257943/photo-image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseMember of Allen Plantation cooperative association resting while hoeing cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12242498/photo-image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licensePeople with baskets and sacks pick cotton on a plantation. Coloured lithograph after J.R. Barfoot. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954309/image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseSharecropper, Wilson cotton plantation, Arkansas. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240085/photo-image-face-plant-handFree Image from public domain licenseMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Members of French mulatto family near John Henry cotton plantation. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12242485/photo-image-face-cow-plantFree Image from public domain licenseAllen Plantation operated by Natchitoches farmstead association, a cooperative established through the cooperation of FSA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12242496/photo-image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseMember of Allen Plantation cooperative association resting while hoeing cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12242219/photo-image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseMember of Allen Plantation cooperative association resting from hoeing cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12242488/photo-image-cloud-face-plantFree Image from public domain licenseMember of Allen Plantation cooperative association resting while hoeing cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12242476/photo-image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseMexican worker, seasonal labor contracted for by planters, weighing and checking off bags of cotton by wagon in field on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240567/photo-image-face-flower-plantFree Image from public domain licenseSon of a sharecropper, Wilson cotton plantation, Arkansas. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240095/photo-image-face-person-woodFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240936/photo-image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licensePicking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240939/photo-image-rose-flower-plantFree Image from public domain licenseOld . He hoes, picks cotton and is full of good humor. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi by Dorothea Lange https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12108070/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseMexican laborers on wagonload of cotton in field on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Sourced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240616/photo-image-plant-person-horseFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240594/photo-image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Picking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi].… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240942/photo-image-flower-plant-handFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Member of Allen Plantation cooperative association resting from hoeing cotton. Near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12242473/photo-image-face-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseGas pump sign on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale in Mississippi. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089164/free-photo-image-gas-station-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Sharecropper, Wilson cotton plantation, Arkansas]. Sourced from the Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12304457/image-face-plant-handFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mexican worker, seasonal labor contracted for by planters, weighing and checking off… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244675/photo-image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseInternational cotton picker on Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Sourced from the Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244672/photo-image-flower-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseCotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins whose occupants were displaced by power farming. Aldridge Plantation… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244247/photo-image-plant-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Sharecropper's child suffering from rickets and malnutrition, Wilson cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12304691/image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Picking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi].… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244692/photo-image-flower-plant-handFree Image from public domain licenseA crew of two hundred colored hoers were brought to the Aldridge Plantation to hoe cotton at one dollar a day. Many of them… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12243216/photo-image-plant-person-horseFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Sharecropper and children in front of company house. Wilson cotton plantation… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12304473/image-face-people-woodFree Image from public domain licenseSharecropper and children in front of company house. Wilson cotton plantation, Mississippi County, Arkansas. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12304703/image-person-wood-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseSharecropper's child suffering from rickets and malnutrition, Wilson cotton plantation, Mississippi County, Arkansas.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12304445/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Resting the mules which get too hot when the cotton is high in mid-summer cultivation.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12330957/image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseTractors cultivating cotton. Twenty-two tractors have replaced 130 tenant families on the Aldridge Plantation, near Leland… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12245533/photo-image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably storeroom, smokehouse, or jail when built by mulattoes… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331294/image-shadow-pattern-lightFree Image from public domain licenseDay laborer picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Sourced from the Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244190/photo-image-plant-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseDaughter of member of Allen Plantation cooperative association carrying water to her mother who is chopping cotton in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12329447/image-cloud-face-plantFree Image from public domain licenseMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Old home with mud walls built by mulattoes, now a part of the John Henry cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12248529/photo-image-pattern-wood-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseBoy, one of the day laborers bringing sacks of cotton from the field to the truck. Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12327102/image-plant-person-horseFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Resting the mules which get too hot when the cotton is high in mid-summer cultivation.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12330193/image-plant-person-horseFree Image from public domain licenseMr. Jones, one of owners of Marcella Plantation, talking to one of day laborers who was picking his cotton, Marcella… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319182/image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320535/image-person-public-domain-cottonFree Image from public domain licenseDay laborers carrying sacks of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319251/image-plant-person-horseFree Image from public domain licenseDay labor is used almost exclusively on Hopson plantation, displacing the old tenants on the place. Cotton choppers are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331300/image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Wife of a sharecropper, Stortz cotton plantation, Pulaski County, Arkansas]. Sourced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12313151/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mr. Jones, one of owners of Marcella Plantation, talking to one of day laborers who… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319304/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Resting the mules which get too hot when the cotton is high in mid-summer cultivation.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12329934/image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain licenseDay laborers gambling with their cotton money on Saturday afternoon, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319282/image-plant-people-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Wife of a sharecropper, Stortz cotton plantation, Pulaski County, Arkansas]. Sourced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12313222/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Going to crossroads store for supplies in cotton plantation area. Sourced from the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12329965/image-plant-person-horseFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Wife of a sharecropper, Stortz cotton plantation, Pulaski County, Arkansas]. Sourced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12313495/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseResting the mules which get too hot when the cotton is high in mid-summer cultivation. King and Anderson Plantation, near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331011/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Boy, one of the day laborers bringing sacks of cotton from the field to the truck.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12327134/image-person-horse-animalFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Resting the mules which get too hot when the cotton is high in mid-summer cultivation.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331019/image-plant-person-horseFree Image from public domain licenseMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Old cotton plantation store. "Chopin" store, Derry Plantation. Sourced from the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331203/image-person-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. One of the tenant houses on the John Henry Plantation with some of the best Delta… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331276/image-cloud-plant-skyFree Image from public domain licenseOld home and family graveyard on King and Anderson Plantation in center of cotton field near Clarksdale. Mississippi Delta… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12329352/image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain licenseTent belonging to Mexican labor from Texas, who was brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12321657/image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseTwo Mexican children on steps of railway station where they live during the cotton picking season on Knowlton Plantation… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12328531/image-face-person-musicFree Image from public domain licenseColored tractor driver and empty cabin on mechanized cotton plantation. Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12245513/photo-image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Old home and family graveyard on King and Anderson Plantation in center of cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12330853/image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Resting the mules which get too hot when the cotton is high in mid-summer cultivation.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331253/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseDay laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations. Between four and six-thirty every… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320412/image-person-public-domain-manFree Image from public domain licenseThe last truckload of cotton hoers from Memphis bound for the Wilson Cotton Plantation in Arkansas, forty-three miles… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12245618/photo-image-person-tree-roadFree Image from public domain licenseMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Bedroom with religious pictures, etc. on mud walls of hut built and still occupied… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331499/image-background-person-artFree Image from public domain licensePicking cotton, Hopson Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12243647/photo-image-plant-person-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Wife of a sharecropper, Stortz cotton plantation, Pulaski County, Arkansas]. Sourced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12313159/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Wife of a sharecropper, Stortz cotton plantation, Pulaski County, Arkansas]. Sourced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12313408/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Mud and log construction in old house… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331652/image-background-pattern-woodFree Image from public domain license cotton pickers with bags of cotton on their backs, Mileston Plantation. Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Sourced from the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12328532/image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licensePicking cotton on Alexander plantation. Pulaski County, Arkansas. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12318333/image-dog-flower-plantFree Image from public domain licenseWeighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation, Benoit, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. The pickers are hired… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320545/image-plant-person-horseFree Image from public domain licenseTractors preparing land for planting oats in the fall after the cotton has been picked and the stalks plowed. Good Hope… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12328085/image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: es brought in by truck from nearby towns as day labor for cotton picking. Marcella… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319291/image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseCheck row planted cotton. Touchberry Plantation, Issaquena County, Mississippi. This method, long used in corn in order to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12245871/photo-image-plant-hand-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson plantation, where day… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331293/image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Spindles of rust cotton picker on Cloverdale Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12242171/photo-image-pattern-technology-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12243632/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain licenseDay labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displacing the old tenants on the place. Cotton choppers are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12330088/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseWagonloads of cotton waiting at the gin of Delta and Pine Land Company of Mississippi, one of the largest plantations in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12327176/image-person-horse-skyFree Image from public domain licenseThe rust cotton picker in field at Clover Hill Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta. Sourced from the Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12326813/image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseResting the mules which get too hot when the cotton is high in mid-summer cultivation. King and Anderson Plantation, near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331023/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe smith and carpentry shop on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta. At the right is a piece of cotton hanging… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12326832/image-person-wood-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseInterior of school on Mileston Plantation. School begins very late in the year and the attendance is poor until December… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12326615/image-person-wood-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12243644/photo-image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: International cotton picker on Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244188/photo-image-public-domain-nature-cottonFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320400/image-person-airplane-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Old home with mud walls built by mulattoes, now a part of the John Henry cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331282/image-plant-pattern-woodFree Image from public domain license