Some choices are made for you,". "I didn't want to be a soldier but I didn't want to pick cotton.

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And then he makes some comments about how,well, ; he could never pick cotton fast enough; he's just not able to do it as black men are.

于是他对采棉花进行了一些评价，他觉得自己永远没法采摘的够快;,没法像那些黑人一样迅速。

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Mr. DAVIS: (As 47) We both knew that I was safe from Mr. Stewart until I grew big enough to pick cotton.

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This led owners to experiment with ways of increasing the pace of labor, Rosenthal explains, such as holding contests with small cash prizes for those who picked the most cotton, and then requiring the winners to pick that much cotton from there on out.

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Once a year at harvest time, the local cotton company sends a four-wheel-drive truck to pick up his sacks of cotton.

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