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Why were many African-American farmers caught in a condition of debt peonage?
They did not have enough money to pay for supplies from the company store.
Why were many African American farmers caught in a condition of debt and peonage?
They did not have enough money to pay for supplies from the company store.
What has the author Elizabeth Singletary written?
Elizabeth Singletary has written: 'Way back' -- subject(s): African American women, Biography, History, Peonage, Women domestics
Why were many African-American farmers caught in the condition of debt peonage?
There were several ways that African American farmers were caught in a condition of debt peonage during the Reconstruction period following the US Civil Was.African American farmers could not afford to buy land of their own, so they agreed to farm another's land in exchange for a share of the crops (sharecropping). However, many sharecroppers were forced to buy seeds, tools, and other supplies from the landowner's store. Sharecroppers were often illiterate and had to depend on the accounting of the landowner and his staff and were kept in debt. The landowners also miscalculated the value of the crop, thus making the sharecropper unable to pay their debts to the landowner, merchants, and compnay stores.Another way was to use the "Black Codes" and arrest any black man who was out of a job (or between jobs) or arrest them on trumped up charges. A white employer would then pay off their debts of the court costs and fines if the black man would agree to work for the employer to pay off the debt. Paperwork would be lost and they were trapped in debt peonage.
How did the peonage system affect latin America?
The peonage system is a system of involuntary servitude used to pay off debt to creditors. The peonage system affected Latin America by encouraging slavery in Latin American countries.
Which of these is similar to the system of debt peonage?
The system of sharecropping is similar to debt peonage. In sharecropping, farmers work the land in exchange for a share of the crops, often leading to cycles of debt and dependency similar to debt peonage. Both systems exploited individuals by trapping them in cycles of debt and labor.
Why were many African Americans farmers caught in a condition of debt peonage?
They did not have enough money to pay for supplies from the company store.
What is debt peonage?
A system of involuntary servitude n which the laborer is forced to work off a debt. This was mostly used on Mexicans and African Americans.
What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?
African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.
What best describes debt peonage?
Debt peonage (wage slavery) is when an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work.
What term refers to the condition of workers who could never afford to pay what they owed to a company store?
Debt peonage
What is sharecropping and debt peonage as practiced in the US and what are the effects on those involved?
Sharecropping was very popular after the end of slavery in the US. It enabled very poor farmers of any color to earn a living from land owned by someone else. Debt peonage kept workers poor by forcing them to purchase goods from company run stores. This occurred both in the coal mines and in sharecropping.
