Cotton factor
In the antebellum and Reconstruction era South, most cotton planters relied on cotton factors (also known as cotton brokers) to sell their crops for them.
Cotton factors and others go about their business in A Cotton Office in New Orleans by French painter Edgar Degas, 1873 | |
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Occupation type | Employment |
Activity sectors | Agribusiness |
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Related jobs | Factor |
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