Annual Worker Plan Schedule for Pilgrim Black
Dublin Core
Title
Annual Worker Plan Schedule for Pilgrim Black
Alternative Title
Black Annual Worker Plan Schedule
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Upstate New York (N.Y.)
Migrant workers
United States Employment Service
Farm laborers
Agricultural laborers--Florida
Agricultural laborers--New York (State)
United States. Department of Labor
Description
A sheath for Annual Worker Plan Schedule issued by the Farm Placement Service of the U.S. Employment Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor. This sheath was owned by Pilgrim Black (1905-2002), who was born in 1905, although some records list 1907 as his birth year.
Pilgrim and his wife, Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), were migrant crew leaders, and thus migrated to Wayne County in Upstate New York in the summers and back to their home in Sanford for the rest of the year. Pilgrim was the son of Harry Black (d. 1911) and Maggie Benjamin Black (ca.1870-ca.1934), who migrated to Sanford from South Carolina in the 1800s. Harry and Maggie had several children: Leckward Black, Mustar Black, Malachi Black, Leatha Black Walker (1889-1976), Pilgrim Black, Margaret Black Jones (1889-1976), and Harriett Black Lawson. In 1911, Harry owned a grocery store at 206 South Sanford Avenue. One day, he came home from work with pneumonia and passed away shortly thereafter. Pilgrim was nine years old when his father passed away. Maggie was the daughter of former slaves, Isaac and Roseanna Benjamin, and the sister of Nathan Benjamin, Pledge Benjamin, Sam Benjamin, Loui Benjamin, Chainey Benjamin, Lara Benjamin, Melvina Benjamin, and Katie Benjamin.
Pilgrim had to quit school at age 11 in order to provide for his mother, originally working in a mill house until he was 18 years old. After declining a management position, he traveled to Wayne County to pick cherries, apples, pears, and other crops. He broke a bone after falling from an apple tree his first year and decided to try farm labor on a potato farm in Red Creek, New York, instead. Don Holdridge, the farmer who owned the land, noted Pilgrim's high rate of productivity and offered him a management position supervising up to thirty workers at once, which he accepted.
While in Sanford, Pilgrim also worked as a foreman in Sanford for Chase & Company for over 30 years. He married Lula in 1937 and they had several children together, including Vivian Louise Black (1940-); Lula Yvonne Black (1942-); Charles Samuel Black (1945-); Pilgrim Black, Jr. (ca. 1947-), and Patricia Ann Black (1956-).
Pilgrim and his wife, Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), were migrant crew leaders, and thus migrated to Wayne County in Upstate New York in the summers and back to their home in Sanford for the rest of the year. Pilgrim was the son of Harry Black (d. 1911) and Maggie Benjamin Black (ca.1870-ca.1934), who migrated to Sanford from South Carolina in the 1800s. Harry and Maggie had several children: Leckward Black, Mustar Black, Malachi Black, Leatha Black Walker (1889-1976), Pilgrim Black, Margaret Black Jones (1889-1976), and Harriett Black Lawson. In 1911, Harry owned a grocery store at 206 South Sanford Avenue. One day, he came home from work with pneumonia and passed away shortly thereafter. Pilgrim was nine years old when his father passed away. Maggie was the daughter of former slaves, Isaac and Roseanna Benjamin, and the sister of Nathan Benjamin, Pledge Benjamin, Sam Benjamin, Loui Benjamin, Chainey Benjamin, Lara Benjamin, Melvina Benjamin, and Katie Benjamin.
Pilgrim had to quit school at age 11 in order to provide for his mother, originally working in a mill house until he was 18 years old. After declining a management position, he traveled to Wayne County to pick cherries, apples, pears, and other crops. He broke a bone after falling from an apple tree his first year and decided to try farm labor on a potato farm in Red Creek, New York, instead. Don Holdridge, the farmer who owned the land, noted Pilgrim's high rate of productivity and offered him a management position supervising up to thirty workers at once, which he accepted.
While in Sanford, Pilgrim also worked as a foreman in Sanford for Chase & Company for over 30 years. He married Lula in 1937 and they had several children together, including Vivian Louise Black (1940-); Lula Yvonne Black (1942-); Charles Samuel Black (1945-); Pilgrim Black, Jr. (ca. 1947-), and Patricia Ann Black (1956-).
Creator
Farm Placement Service, United States Employment Service, United States Department of Labor
Source
Original red sheath: Farm Placement Service, United States Employment Service, United States Department of Labor: Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black.
Date Created
ca. 1950-1969
Contributor
Black, Patricia Ann
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original red sheath: Farm Placement Service, United States Employment Service, United States Department of Labor.
Is Part Of
Patricia Black Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
132 KB
Medium
1 red sheath
Language
eng
Type
Physical Object
Coverage
Huron, New York
Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by the Farm Placement Service of the United States Employment Service and owned by Pilgrim Black.
Inherited by Patricia Ann Black in 2002.
Rights Holder
Copyright to the resource is held by Patricia Ann Black and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black
External Reference
Coles, Robert. Uprooted Children: The Early Life of Migrant Farm Workers. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
Piore, Michael J. Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Flewellyn, Valada S. African Americans of Sanford Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
Transcript
ANNUAL WORKER PLAN SCHEDULE
(ES-369)
FARM PLACEMENT SERVICE
UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
AND AFFILIATED STATE AGENCIES
EARN MORE MONEY IN FARM WORK
Follow your Annual Worker Plan Schedule
If for any reason you are unable to keep your schedule, advise the nearest local employment office at once.
Keep in touch with the Farm Placement people in local offices and information stations along your route and in ares where you work.
Obey State and Federal regulations covering transportation of workers and employment of child labor.
Know all about your Social Security benefits, the reports you make and the taxes you pay.
WATCH FOR THIS SIGN
(ES-369)
FARM PLACEMENT SERVICE
UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
AND AFFILIATED STATE AGENCIES
EARN MORE MONEY IN FARM WORK
Follow your Annual Worker Plan Schedule
If for any reason you are unable to keep your schedule, advise the nearest local employment office at once.
Keep in touch with the Farm Placement people in local offices and information stations along your route and in ares where you work.
Obey State and Federal regulations covering transportation of workers and employment of child labor.
Know all about your Social Security benefits, the reports you make and the taxes you pay.
WATCH FOR THIS SIGN
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 red sheath
Collection
Citation
Farm Placement Service, United States Employment Service, United States Department of Labor, “Annual Worker Plan Schedule for Pilgrim Black,” RICHES, accessed December 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/2991.