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North Carolina History Digital Textbook Project

Farmville's choice

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A man wades through a mountain of cotton.

About the photograph

Josephus Daniels was born in Washington, North Carolina on May 18, 1862.

The Civil War was going on and Josephus worked picking cotton to help his family.

Later he got a job in the printing office of a newspaper.