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Virginia: Failed Attempt to Replace “Worthless Negroes” with Immigrant Laborers in 1868
Author: Patrick Young Published Date: August 3, 2019 Leave a Comment on Virginia: Failed Attempt to Replace “Worthless Negroes” with Immigrant Laborers in 1868
After the Civil War, there were various unsuccessful schemes to import European immigrants to the South. White employers hoped to fill labor shortages created when…
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