Wilson Daily Times, 21 August 1942.
African-American workers at conveyor belts at an unidentified tobacco factory in Wilson.
Clipping courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.
Wilson Daily Times, 21 August 1942.
African-American workers at conveyor belts at an unidentified tobacco factory in Wilson.
Clipping courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.
I would suspect many lung and respiratory issues.
It was insidiously dangerous work.
My Mom and Dad knew how dangerous it really was because they worked at Imperial Tobacco Factory and Export Tobacco Factory for years….but the Lord spared their lungs and their limbs. I can’t say the same for their fellow workers….