“ THE PLANTATION SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN LIFE “ SHARECROPPERS AFRICAN AMERICANS COTTON FARMS XD14664

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This color educational film from the 1950s is about the history of Southern plantations in the USA, from the Civil War days to “the present“. The film was produced during the era of Segregation and as such, contains many outdated terms and concepts, some of which may be offensive to a modern audience. Opening titles: A Coronet Film - The Plantation System in Southern Life (:10). A white family on vacation looks at an old plantation home built before the Civil War (:31). Inside a home, the family looks around at the beautiful furnishings (1:00). A map that explains how the plantation was organized (1:28). Slaves lived in dilapidated, small houses (2:01). Blacksmith shop run by African American (2:19). Hand labor done by the slaves including spinning thread, cutting firewood, etc. (2:28). A wagon is shown bogged down in mud; two African American men struggle to get