Bondswomen's Work on the Cotton Frontier: Wagram Plantation, Arkansas

This essay attends to the work life of women on a plantation called Wagram, located on the Arkansas cotton frontier. Through an examination of this absentee-owned farm in one rugged corner of the Old Southwest, it uncovers women who faced challenges that differed from those faced on the classic cott...

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Published in:	Agricultural history Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 388 - 401
Main Author:	Jones, Kelly Houston
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Durham Agricultural History Society 01.06.2015 Duke University Press, NC & IL
Subjects:	Agricultural history Agriculture Arkansas Berries Censuses Cotton Cotton industry Crop yield Crops Family life Farming methods Farms Female labour Female roles Gender Labor Men Plantations Politics Population Slave women Slaves U.S.A Women Women workers Working life United States > US Arkansas
ISSN:	0002-1482, 1533-8290
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