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Page from Union News, Local 15 union newspaper, featuring a photograph of Isaiah Bennett, July 1952, courtesy of Avery Research Center.

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Local 15 union members at the Cigar Factory, Charleston, South Carolina, detail image from FTA News, March 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Local 15 union meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, detail image from American Tobacco Worker, June 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Local 15 representative meeting with the Cigar Factory's company chairman, ca. 1950, courtesy of Georgia State University, Southern Labor Archives.

Leaflet urging picketers to participate in an economic boycott of American Tobacco Company products, issued by the FTA-CIO, ca. 1945, New York City, New York, courtesy of Avery Research Center.

Publicity flyer asking the public to boycott American Tobacco Company products, listing union demands and specific products.

John McCray, ca. 1945, courtesy of Avery Reserach Center.

Isaiah Bennett, detail image from theUnion Voice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1952, courtesy of theAvery Research Center.

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Interior of former Cigar Factory, image by Kerry Taylor, Charleston, South Carolina, October 2013.

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Inland rice fields used as a reservoir and irrigation system to regulate water supply, situated in the floodplain swamp at Windsor Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina, 1790, plat courtesy of Charleston County Register of Mesne Conveyance, Charleston, South Carolina, and schematic image by Lillian Trettin.

Illustration and description of Baga rice cultivation from log by Captain Samuel Gamble on a slave ship Sandown, 1793-94, courtesy of National Maritime Museum.

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