It meant that laborers (often former slaves) with no land of their own worked on farm plots owned by others, and at the end of the season landowners paid workers a share of the crop.
This meant that these laborers did not get a salary for their work and might hardly get paid at all in the end if the crops failed. Even with good crops, their share payment was deducted with cost of housing and food.
In this system, the former slaves could be worse off than when they were still slaves when they could at least be sure of being housed and fed.
farmers had to pay cash rent as well as shares of crop
Sharecropping made it difficult for freedmen to achieve economic independence because it often trapped them in a cycle of debt and dependency. Landowners would provide land, seeds, and tools in exchange for a share of the crop, but high rents and unfair pricing for supplies meant that many sharecroppers were unable to earn enough to pay off their debts. This system effectively tied freedmen to the land and their employers, limiting their ability to save money or invest in their own enterprises. As a result, sharecropping perpetuated poverty and restricted economic mobility for many African Americans in the post-Civil War South.
The system is called federalism, the creation of a central government to operate and coordinate shared government functions among the states.
Sharecropping had both positive and negative aspects. It provided a means for many freed slaves and impoverished farmers to work land and gain a livelihood after the Civil War. However, the system often perpetuated cycles of poverty and debt, as sharecroppers were frequently exploited by landowners. Ultimately, while it offered some opportunities, sharecropping largely maintained economic inequality and dependence.
Unitary System - This is a system where the central government has all the power and very little power is given to the subunits. Countries like Japan and France practice this type. Confederation - This is a loose association of states, where very little power is held in the central government. There are very little states which operate under this sort of system. Then you have Federal - US, Mexico, India and Canada operate under this system. Here we have the central government and the subunits (the states) share power. Instead of recognizing it as parts of Federalism the correct term is Types of Political Systems and there are three.. Hopes this helps.
They were allowed to have part of the final crop, hence the name sharecropping.
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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.
slavery but also the oppressive sharecropping system
The only people involved in sharecropping were former slaves.
southern states after the civil war
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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