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Coal mining towns mostly. Companies built worker housing (and charged for it), paid workers in scrip that could only be redeemed at the company store. It becam
by rukuu001 3y ago
Coal mining towns mostly.
Companies built worker housing (and charged for it), paid workers in scrip that could only be redeemed at the company store. It became de facto slavery.
- chasd00 3y agoyes, there's a famous song "16 tons" written about it too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons