Learn about role of African American slaves in American South cotton production and present mechanical methods
Cotton harvesting in the American South.
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NARRATOR: Cotton is one of the world's leading agricultural crops, abundant and economical to produce.
In the United States it was once the number one crop in the South, grown on huge plantations and picked by hand by slaves.
Today cotton is picked mostly by machine. Once it has been ginned, the cotton is shipped in bales to textile mills for yarn manufacturing.
In the United States it was once the number one crop in the South, grown on huge plantations and picked by hand by slaves.
Today cotton is picked mostly by machine. Once it has been ginned, the cotton is shipped in bales to textile mills for yarn manufacturing.