Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Pando, Robert T.
URN	etd-11142003-204324
Title	Shrouded in Cheesecloth: the Demise of Shade Tobacco in Florida and Georgia
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Social Sciences, College of - Interdisciplinary Programs
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Elna C. Green Committee Chair Barney Warf Committee Member Bruce Grindal Committee Member
Keywords	Cigar Wrapper Shade Tobacco Gadsden County Cigars
Date of Defense	2003-11-11
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract For seventy-five years tobacco farmers and processors in a small district along the Florida-Georgia boundary produced shade tobacco, a specialty leaf used as the outer wrapper of premium cigars. Then, within a period of a few years, the market for the product vanished, and the industry vanished with it. This paper explores several reasons offered for the decline of the business and goes on to explore what happened to the farm owners and to their largely African American work force.
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