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Lowndes County Sharecroppers
Lowndes County Sharecroppers
Cotton was the main crop in Lowndes County well into the early twentieth century. After Emancipation, many African Americans continued to work in the cotton fields as sharecroppers.
Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History