The sharecropper would eat what he/she planted such as wheat, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers of all kind, fruits of all kind, and much more.
Tenant farmers were different from sharecroppers because they usually had their own tools and animals.
Sharecroppers were forced to buy tools and seed from their landowners for exorbitant prices. When the harvest came in, the crops were sold for barely enough to pay off the loans the sharecroppers took out to eat and survive. This left little to pay off the debt that they owed.
Sharecroppers could have planted:CottonRiceCorn
The Sharecroppers farmers in the south will like not prosper after the war.
They were no longer enslaved but many became sharecroppers.
An advantage of sharecropping over slavery was that sharecroppers had more independence and autonomy in their work. While still facing challenges, sharecroppers had the opportunity to negotiate terms and potentially earn a share of the profits from their labor.
No, all sharecroppers were not African American
So many freedmen and poor whites became sharecroppers.
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why did farmers become sharecroppers sharecropping offered a measure of independance
Most returned to work as hired hands, or sharecroppers, and their wages were usually a set ammount of the harvest. Before harvest, they were treated much better, having a good place to stay in their master's estate and assisting in crop planning. A good ammount moved north where (despite discrimination and racism to SOME degree) they could get jobs in factories and such.