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A final look at the Mason Farm and its success for the growing season.
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The history of sharecropping and its after-effects in the tobacco industry. After the Civil War, former enslaved Africans had a great desire to own their own farms. Most freedmen were very poor...
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A more in-depth look at the struggles the people in Mullins face.
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Migrant workers continue to thrive in Mullins. When you go to the grocery store, do you think about who planted, cultivated and picked all the fruits and vegetables on the produce racks? Chances are...
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Looking at the future of farming and profits in Mullins.
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A look at what could be one of the last tobacco auctions on a Mullins farm.
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Mullins opens the Anderson Center and hopes for a revitalization in the town. Marion County residents can surf the Net or earn credits toward a degree at the new Technology Center of the Florence...
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Looking toward the future with hope and working together as a community.
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The Last Auction: Part 1, Introduction Tobacco has a long and important history in South Carolina's Pee Dee region. During the 1890s, South Carolina tobacco production went from 200,000 pounds per...
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Looking at the transition from hand-held farming to the advent of machines. In the past, tobacco was a labor-intensive crop. People handled every leaf throughout the growing, harvesting and curing...