“We Didn’t Get Nothing:” The Plight of Black Farmers
“We Didn’t Get Nothing:” The Plight of Black Farmers
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“我们什么也没得到：”黑人农民的困境
DOI：
10.1007/s12111-008-9046-5
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
0.5
通讯作者：
E. Robinson
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作者：
W. Hinson;E. Robinson
这篇文章的中心论点是，黑人本打算耕种土地，但永远不会拥有土地。探索了从耕种土地到奴隶制，再到牡丹，再到土地所有权的过程。非洲人带着照顾这片土地的丰富遗产来到美国，虽然他们在美国这样做，但条件是最繁重的。黑人一旦获得自由，就成了惊人的土地所有者，但随着20世纪的开始，各种系统性因素影响了黑人的土地所有权。这些同样的因素，加上机械化、除草剂、政府政策和法院，都破坏了美国黑人的农场所有权。Pigford集体诉讼是理解黑人农民困境的复杂性以及各种倡导团体试图维护黑人土地所有权的核心。
The central thesis to this article is that blacks were intended to work the land, but never to own the land. The progression from working the land via slavery, to peonage, and to land ownership is explored. Africans arrived on American soil carrying with them a rich legacy in caring for the land, and while they did so in America, it was under the most onerous of conditions. Once freed, blacks became prodigious land owners, but with the onset of the twentieth century various systemic factors impacted landownership for blacks. These same factors along with mechanization, herbicides, government policy, and the courts all served to undermine farm ownership for black Americans. The Pigford Class Action Suit is central to understanding the complexities of the plight of the black farmer and the attempts of various advocacy groups to maintain black land ownership.