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Why was sharecropping created?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 11/10/2020

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.

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Anonymous

5y ago

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