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Policy Shift in Southern Farming and Negro Tenancy
The speech by Hon. W. J. Northen before the State Agricultural Society argues that the negro as a class is unfit to farm as tenants and should be moved to laborer status. He urges radical reform to end negro tenancy, transfer farming to the intelligent and industrious, and promote self help while acknowledging some use for the negro if paired with proper supervision.
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State Agricultural Society
W. J. Northen