they had no way to feed children and animals
Sharecropping was unfair to former slaves because it often trapped them in a cycle of debt and poverty. They were typically given small plots of land to farm in exchange for a large portion of their harvest, but were required to purchase supplies on credit from the landowner, leading to a constant state of debt. This system also restricted their mobility and economic advancement, perpetuating the conditions of oppression and exploitation that many had sought to escape after emancipation.
The system where freed slaves worked on someone else's land is called sharecropping. Under this system, former slaves worked on land owned by a different individual in exchange for a share of the crop produced.
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.
sharecropping
Sharecropping was a legal practice after the Civil War because it provided a way for former slaves and poor whites to work the land without having to own it. Landowners would allow tenants to use their land in exchange for a percentage of the crops grown. This system perpetuated a cycle of debt and poverty for the sharecroppers.
After the Civil War, planters offered freed slaves work in exchange for a small portion of the crops they grew on the plantations. This system, known as sharecropping, allowed former slaves to live on and work the land, but often resulted in debt and continued economic hardships for many.
Many were designed to keep the former slaves poor
The only people involved in sharecropping were former slaves.
because the slave holders lost their slaves cause of the 14th amendment, so in the fields of sharecropping... they were not paid. -
sharecropping
Sharecropping
After the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. The absence of cash or an independent credit system led to the creation of sharecropping. Sharecropping is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
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.
Landowners took advantage of the workers
Lincoln established the Freedmens Bureau for this exact purpose. It provided former slaves with education and information. Sadly most of them didnt know about this and fell into sharecropping
the slaves
sharecropping did not cause the civil war but it happened after when they couldnt have slaves anymore
it was basically a way to keep there slaves after slaves were made illegal