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Sharecropping is basically farming on straight commission. The owner has the land and pays the taxes. The sharecropper does the work. When the crop is harvested, they sell the crop and split the money.
Say they agreed on a 50-50 split. If times are good and the crop sells for $100,000 they each get $50,000. If times are bad and the crop goes for $1,000 they each get $500. The owner might have enough money in various banks that he can afford to have a bad year.
The sharecropper has no reserves. Instead, he owes a lot of money to a lot of people. He goes home. Packs his few belonging. When night time comes goes to the train station and slips into the waiting room marked "Colored," where no white money lender will see him. When he hears the train whistle, he slips out and holding his face straight down toward the ground so no one will recognize, he boards the colored car where the conductor is the only white man who will see him. He is on his way to Detroit and a new life.
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What event is considered the start of the Great Depression?
The stock market crash of 1929. novanet - stock prices crashed when millions of shares of stocks were sold
How are Isolationism and the Great Depression related?
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How did the Great Depression affect Belize?
how did the great depression affected Belize
How should you end your Great Depression story?
How about "And that was my story on the great depression."
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Yes, the Great Depression was in the 1930's.
What was the beginning event of the great depression?
The event that began the Great Depression was the disastrous Stock Market crash of October 29, 1929.
What event is considered the start of the Great Depression?
The stock market crash of 1929. novanet - stock prices crashed when millions of shares of stocks were sold
How do use disastrous in a sentence?
Disastrous means causing great distress or injury. Some synonyms for disastrous include calamitous, ruinous, and catastrophic. "Spilling wine all over my computer lead to disastrous results."Disastrous means that it works out horribly, it goes all wrong. Here are some sentences.That plan was disastrous!The disastrous storm barreled over the island.His disastrous plan backfired on him.
How do you use disastrous in a sentence?
Disastrous means causing great distress or injury. Some synonyms for disastrous include calamitous, ruinous, and catastrophic. "Spilling wine all over my computer lead to disastrous results."Disastrous means that it works out horribly, it goes all wrong. Here are some sentences.That plan was disastrous!The disastrous storm barreled over the island.His disastrous plan backfired on him.
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His term as president was disastrous as there was depression and unemployment at its highest.
Where did the Great Depression?
Where did the great depression.... WHAT???-The BOLD explainer ;)
What came first Great Depression or world war you?
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WHAT IS AN ECONOMIC DEPRESSION?
The Great Depression
How are Isolationism and the Great Depression related?
Isolationism is a CONSEQUENCE of the great depression. After the Great depression many Nations focused on internal affairs.
Does the Bible talk about the great depression?
No. There is no mention of the great depression in the Bible.
How does hooverville relate to the Great Depression?
It happenes during the Great Depression.
How did the Great Depression affect Belize?
how did the great depression affected Belize
