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less dominant than formerly. Some plantations have disintegrated 
into small holdings, while others have adopted practically the same 
system of tenancy as that found in other sections of the country. 
This form of internal disintegration is harder to measure than plan- 
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tation acreage. It is believed, however, owing to the consistent 
growth of tenancy in the plantation area, that a gradual develop- 
ment away from the plantation system is under way. 5 
5 See Brooks, R. P., The Agrarian Revolution in Georgia, Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, No. 
639, 1914; and Phillips, U. B., Decadence of the Plantation System, Annals of the American Academy uf 
Political and Social Science, January, 1910. 
