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Bankrupt in the Richest Nation, Farmers Rampage in Plymouth County

By Adam Burke 4/27/08

“What was going on was mortgage closings just the same as going on today …”
Seventy-five years ago, corn was fetching less than 10 cents a bushel and pork was at three cents a pound. A migrant class of American workers was being created. These were the desperate times of the 1930s known as the Great [...]

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