Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did they Even have cotton there? All this time I though Louisianan just had crawdads, gators and pretty women. Walt p.s B.D.'s beard is white. :-) SonC@aol.com wrote: > > >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >