Main content
Life as a sharecropper in South Carolina
Walter Coachman describes his life in a cotton state in South Carolina where the black population was 40%. He discussed the hard life of a sharecropper and the importance of having an education.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941
![]()
Depression photographs of migrant farmers
Duration: 02:02
![]()
Racism in Southern America in the early 20th century
Duration: 04:13
![]()
What went wrong in 1920s America?
Duration: 04:56
![]()
The Wall Street Crash
Duration: 03:16
More clips from History
![]()
Surgery of the future—Medicine through Time
Duration: 04:23
![]()
Government attitudes to healthcare—Medicine through Time
Duration: 01:04
![]()
The Hitler Youth and indoctrination of the young—Nazi Germany
Duration: 04:53
