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A look at what could be one of the last tobacco auctions on a Mullins farm.South Carolina Counties
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Last Auction: "Last Auction" | Carolina Stories
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Last Auction: Youth | Carolina Stories
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Understanding how to keep youth in the city of Mullins.
Last Auction: Struggles | Carolina Stories
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A more in-depth look at the struggles the people in Mullins face.
Last Auction: Mullins Then | Carolina Stories
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The video, "Mullins Then" provides a look at Mullins in its best times. The Mullins community began when farming families settled here in the 1600s, The City of Mullins was formally established in...
Last Auction: Introduction | Carolina Stories
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The Last Auction: Part 1, Introduction Tobacco has a long and important history in South Carolina's Pee Dee region. During the 1890s, South Carolina tobacco production went from 200,000 pounds per...
Last Auction: Hope | Carolina Stories
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Looking toward the future with hope and working together as a community.
Last Auction: History of Sharecropping | Carolina Stories
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The history of sharecropping and its after-effects in the tobacco industry. After the Civil War, former enslaved Africans had a great desire to own their own farms. Most freedmen were very poor...
Last Auction: Economy and Segregation| Carolina Stories
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A look at the economy during tobacco's heyday and how that often translated into segregation in Mullins and other agricultural towns.
Last Auction: Migrant Workers | Carolina Stories
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Migrant workers continue to thrive in Mullins. When you go to the grocery store, do you think about who planted, cultivated and picked all the fruits and vegetables on the produce racks? Chances are...
Last Auction: Today's Challenges | Carolina Stories
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Understanding the challenges of farming in Mullins today. Health Risks of Tobacco Almost a half-million Americans die of smoking-related illnesses every year, making smoking the leading cause of...