(14) 1930s/40s Greenwood Mississippi Voting Poll Tax Receipts
$500.00
Paid by Yarbrough B. Allen (most often Y.B. Allen) and his wife Wahweece Allen (Veva Wahweece Gayden) at a rate of two dollars each per election. (14) receipts begin in 1939 and end in 1948. Labor bureau statistics show average Mississippi labor (the industry at the time largely cotton sharecropping or plantations) paying $.26 an hour during the 1930s though...
Paid by Yarbrough B. Allen (most often Y.B. Allen) and his wife Wahweece Allen (Veva Wahweece Gayden) at a rate of two dollars each per election. (14) receipts begin in 1939 and end in 1948.
Labor bureau statistics show average Mississippi labor (the industry at the time largely cotton sharecropping or plantations) paying $.26 an hour during the 1930s though that number was likely inflated. The poll tax represents roughly two days work for the couple to legally participate in the vote.
Measures 3 x 7.5” w/ original folds and rust marks from paper clips.
Sleeve High Neck Bodycon Dress
$132.00
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