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Greene County, United States

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Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients of the Farm Security Administration. Greene County, Georgia

Abandoned coaches and wagons behind the old blacksmith shop on the Wray Plantation. Greene County, Georgia

Southern lady on the veranda of the "Big House" at the Wray Plantation, Georgia

Southern lady of the old school on the veranda of the "Big House" of the Wray Plantation, Georgia

Washing facilities on a Greene County, Georgia, tenant farm

Washing facilities on a Greene County, Georgia, tenant farm

What was once the "Big House" is now occupied by a family of white tenants who live in part of the crumbling mansion and farm a small piece of the nearby eroding fields. Greene County, Georgia

Old Negress of Greene County, Georgia

Interior of a plantation house now vacant but for two rooms occupied by an old couple, tenants. Greene County, Georgia

Interior of plantation house now vacant but for two rooms occupied by an old couple. tenants, Greene County, Georgia

Home of farmer who has raised cotton for fifty years on his own land. Greene County, Georgia

This man was born a slave in Greene County, Georgia

The cotton sharecropper's unit is one mule and the land he can cultivate with a one-horse plow. Greene County, Georgia

Home of farmer who has raised cotton for fifty years on his own land. Greene County, Georgia

African-Americans who own land in Greene County, Georgia

Ex-slave and wife who live in a decaying plantation house. Greene County, Georgia

Ex-slave and wife on steps of plantation house now in decay. Greene County, Georgia

Home of landowner, Greene County, Georgia. This man has owned his land since 1913. He has raised ten children here

Cotton sharecroppers. Greene County, Georgia. They produce little, sell little, buy little

Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene Co., Ga.

Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene County, Ga.

Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene County, Georgia