By the turn of the century, most of the African American slave population was involved in cotton production.

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By the turn of the century (referring to the year 1900), most of the African American slave population had been freed due to the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865. However, many African Americans continued to work in agriculture, including cotton production, as sharecroppers or tenant farmers.

By the Turn of the Century, Most of the African