Arkansas' white gold
I spent the end of the 2021 cotton harvest sitting with Billy Tripp in the break room of Tripp Gin Co. near Griffithville in White County.
Source: arkansasonline.com
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I spent the end of the 2021 cotton harvest sitting with Billy Tripp in the break room of Tripp Gin Co. near Griffithville in White County.
The history of Arkansas is tied to the history of cotton cultivation. Slaves were brought to Arkansas to raise cotton. After the Civil War, a system of tenant farming and sharecropping emerged and was a central part of the state's economy for decades.