Episodes Located: NEWBERRY, South Carolina in the 1880's

  1. Labor Disputes and Modernization in Newberry County, South Carolina
    date February 22, 1886 to February 23, 1886map NEWBERRY, South Carolinatags Agriculture, Economy

    On the 22 of February, 1886, the Newberry County Club of Farmers met to debate the issue of labor. President R.T.C. Hunter oversaw the meeting as Mr. J.C. S. Brown discussed the necessary control of labor; he laid stress on the fact that no matter the situation, whether it was the tenant, the cropper, or the hiring system, the farmer was conned out of the most profit. As the President called for...