Sharecropper
A person who shared a crop with landowners is typically referred to as a sharecropper. Sharecroppers would farm the land owned by someone else and, in return, they would give a portion of the crops produced to the landowner as rent. This system often arose in the post-Civil War Southern United States, where it allowed landowners to maintain their agricultural operations while providing labor for those who lacked their own land. However, it often resulted in a cycle of poverty for the sharecroppers due to exploitative practices and economic dependence.
sharecropping
sharecropping
They would be sharecroppers.
The crop lien system was detrimental to small farmers because it often trapped them in a cycle of debt. Farmers would borrow money against their future crops to cover immediate expenses, leading to high interest rates and fees that they struggled to repay. Additionally, poor crop yields due to unfavorable weather or market conditions could leave them unable to meet their obligations, resulting in loss of land or further financial ruin. This system effectively tied farmers to a cycle of poverty and dependence on landowners or merchants.
sharecropper
sharecropper
Sharecroppers were farmers who worked land owned by someone else. They usually did not have seeds or tools to work the land or the money to buy them, so they "bought" them from the landowner. When the crop was harvested, the owner first deducted the cost of seeds, tools, and other items bought by the sharecropped, then took a share of the crop as rent for the land.In a good year, the sharecropper might come out ahead and be able to buy seed for the next year and have some cash left over. In a bad year, the sharecropper ended up still in debt to the landowner.
Sharecroppers and tenant farmers who did not own the land they worked obtain supplies and food on credit from local merchants. They held a lien on the cotton crop and the merchants and landowners were the first ones paid from its sale. What was left over went to the farmer. The system ended in the 1940s as prosperity returned and many poor farmers moved permanently to cities and towns, where jobs were plentiful because of the war. The crop-lien system gave farmers a line of credit with a local merchant for supplies, with repayment to be made when a farmer's crop was sold. Crop-liens were fairly common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The crop lien system benefitted the banks and the landowners the most. The tenants were kept in debt and impoverished and could hardly ever improve their situations.The crop lien system benefitted the banks and the landowners the most. The tenants were kept in debt and impoverished and could hardly ever improve their situations.The crop lien system benefitted the banks and the landowners the most. The tenants were kept in debt and impoverished and could hardly ever improve their situations.The crop lien system benefitted the banks and the landowners the most. The tenants were kept in debt and impoverished and could hardly ever improve their situations.
sharecropping
sharecropping
sharecropping
They would be sharecroppers.
The portion of the crop the landowner owed to the sharecropper
Their businesses failed if they could not collect debts.
The system kept many farmers in debt to merchants and banks.