Some have rented a large rice plantation in the vicinity—contrary to the currently-received theory that no human being, white or black, will work on rice grounds except when driven to it—and they are doing exceedingly well.
Reid challenges the notion that laborers, regardless of race, will not work on rice plantations if not compelled.
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