Granville County, North Carolina Historic photos, documents, and people

Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina

White sharecropper, Mr. Taylor, has just finished priming this field of tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Mr. Taylor, tobacco sharecropper, relaxes when the tobacco has been "put up." Granville County, North Carolina

Tobacco people take it easy after their morning's work "putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. Note everpresent Confederate monument in town center

Families stringing tobacco brought in from the field by sled. Granville County, North Carolina

Sons of tenant farmer go off visiting on Saturday afternoon. Granville County, North Carolina

Noon time chores of tenant farmer: feeding the pigs. Granville County, North Carolina

Noontime chores: feeding chickens on tenant farm. Granville County, North Carolina

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