University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014 1996 I ain't got no home in this world anymore: sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and the Southern Tenant Farmer's Union James D. Ross University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses Ross, James D., "I ain't got no home in this world anymore: sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and the Southern Tenant Farmer's Union" (1996). Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014. 1922. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1922 This thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. I AIN'T GOT NO HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE: SHARECROPPERS TENANT FARMERS, AND THE SOUTHERN TENANT FARMER'S UNION A Thesis Presented by JAMES D. ROSS JR. Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS September 1996 Department of History I AIN'T GOT NO HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE: SHARECROPPERS, TENANT FARMERS, AND THE SOUTHERN TENANT FARMERS UNION A Thesis Presented By JAMES D. ROSS, JR. Approved as to style and content by: Manisha Sinha, Member Bruce Laurie, Department Chair History Department ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My committee members were a great help to me in writing this thesis. Manisha Sinha helped me to think in terms of Southern history. The two seminars I took with her, plus private conversations were very important and useful.