The real cause of the migration must be situated in the crisis in cotton farming during the Depression of the 1930s. Large farm owners secured agricultural subsidy payments, reduced their cotton acreage, bought tractors, and displaced their tenants. This transformation drastically reduced the need for tenant labor and brought about the large-scale migrations. Stresses that migrations will be shaped by social, economic, and political relations that require unique historical understanding. Further, migrations will tend to reflect conditions at the point of origin. -from Author

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