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In sharecropping, both freed slaves and poor whites borrowed land, seeds, and tools from a landowner, in exchange for a share of the crop at harvest time.
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∙ 12y agoLandowners took advantage of the workers
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∙ 13y agoSharecropping is an unfair practice in general, yet because African Americans were predominantly sharecroppers at one point in history, you might say it was disproportionately unfair to them. Fundamentally, sharecropping is very similar to slavery. In slavery, a person does not receive fair wages for his or her labor, which allows the owner to reap the monetary benefit. In sharecropping, the owner of the land reaps the profit from the sharecropper's labor. The only difference is that the owner does not own the person, but the land the person works on. Though the sharecropper is free to leave, in most cases the sharecropper cannot leave because he or she owes money to the landowner in excess of any profit he or she makes from farming the land. The debt to the landowner was the virtual chain (as opposed to the real chains used in slavery to keep slaves from running away) for many African American sharecroppers.
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∙ 13y agoSharecropping oppressed slaves by being able to work for money from the cropping and labor and to make a share of it and rent a room to live. It helps them for new jobs.
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∙ 11y agoWorkers got too deep in debt and weren't able to pay back, so they ended up working there for the rest of their lives basically.
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∙ 11y agoMany were designed to keep the former slaves poor
How was sharecropping a cause of the Civil War?
sharecropping did not cause the civil war but it happened after when they couldnt have slaves anymore
Where did sharecropping originate?
After the Civil War.
Why did many people turn to sharecropping after the civil war?
Many people turned to sharecropping because they didn't know how to farm their own land.
In what states did sharecropping take place?
southern states
What was slave labor replaced by after the civil war?
sharecropping
Which is true about sharecropping as a way of life in the South?
Sharecropping was a form of agriculture in the South where landless farmers rented land and paid the landowner with a portion of the crops harvested. It often trapped farmers in cycles of debt and poverty due to exploitative agreements. Sharecropping played a significant role in perpetuating economic hardship for many African Americans after the Civil War.
Which is true about farm workers in the system of share tenancy?
question: Is true about farmworkers in the system of share-tenancy? answer: farmers had more control over their farms then which sharecropping. Hope this helped
What is a antonym for sharecropping?
Landownership would be an antonym for sharecropping, as it refers to owning land outright as opposed to a tenant farming arrangement.
How do you use sharecropping in a sentence?
The families lived on sharecropping land
Which of the following is true about concentric circles?
Farmers had more control over their crops than with sharecropping.
Who did sharecropping affect?
sharecropping affected African Americans and poor whites.
Use the word sharecropping in a sentence?
Cesar had done sharecropping with his neighbor's.
Which of the following did not restrict voting rights of African Americans after 1867?
sharecropping=)
How did farmers' alliances help poor farmers to keep their farms?
Sharecropping
Is sharecropping illegal?
Sharecropping itself is not illegal, but the exploitative practices often associated with it can be illegal, such as unfair land rental agreements or poor labor conditions. Some countries have laws regulating agricultural arrangements like sharecropping to protect the rights of tenants and prevent exploitation.
What are the advantages of sharecropping?
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How were workers paid in a sharecropping system?
They were allowed to have part of the final crop, hence the name sharecropping.
