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The Good Earth: 1940

May 1940. "Negro tobacco planter's family. The three children in the background are those of a neighbor. Near Farrington, Chatham County, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1940. "Negro tobacco planter's family. The three children in the background are those of a neighbor. Near Farrington, Chatham County, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

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Nothing like Big Tobacco using child labor to push cancer sticks and make 'em cheap as possible!

Farrington's come a long way

Farrington, just south of Chapel Hill, is home to one of the most exclusive planned communities in North Carolina, with a five-star restaurant, inn, and upscale shops. I wonder if these folks are standing in the very fields that today are the home to Farrington's Belted Galloway cows.

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