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Walt Whitman

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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THE 1860S

PLOUGHBOYS AND DECKHANDS
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LABOR IN AMERICA

  • Slaves of the South
  • "Free Labor" of the North
  • Second Great Awakening
  • Immigration and Rights
  • www.vcdh.virginia.edu
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3.

PLOUGHBOY

  • A boy leading a team of animals while plowing
  • Agricultural occupation
  • Long hours, weather, animals
  • Almost 10% of NC were farmer laborers
  • Ncpedia.org
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DECKHAND

  • A sailor preforming manual duties
  • Does not reauire special training
  • Common: Deadliest Catch, ships
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Grace Cox