Soldiers of the soil
By: Fay Clarke Johnson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Vantage Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Tobacco workers -- Connecticut -- History -- 20th century; Migrant agricultural laborers -- Connecticut -- History -- 20th century; Tobacco industry -- Connecticut -- History -- 20th century; Alien labor, Jamaican -- Connecticut -- History -- 20th century
Description: Author tells the story of Jamaican workers recruited by the tobacco industry during World War II to work the fields while American labor was involved in the war effort.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115).