Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/10

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Subject: [Leica] Daily Dose of Spring XXV Daffodils with Plum petals
From: SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com)
Date: Fri Mar 10 06:51:44 2006
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/10/2006 8:37:12 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
bdcolen@comcast.net writes:

And  true, 'back in the day' the vast majority of cotton pickers were  
neither
free, nor white, though many were under 21.  ;-)


This depends ENTIRELY on where and when.  In Union Parish,  Louisiana your 
"truism" never was true.  In Natchitoches Parish,  it is partly true.  Not 
too 
sure about El Paso, but I'd speculate it  depends on your definition of 
white.
 

Regards,  
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
?galit?, libert?,  crawfish
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