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Furman Owens, Page One

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Furman Owens, Columbia, South Carolina, 1908, photo by Lewis Hine

Furman Owens, 12 years old. Can't read. Doesn't know his A, B, C's. Said, "Yes I want to learn but can't when I work all the time." Been in the mills 4 years, 3 years in the Olympia Mill, Columbia, S.C.

 
Furman died at the age of 84. I did a long interview with his grandson. Excerpts will be posted later.

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