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.
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They would be sharecroppers.
The system under which landowners provided farmers with housing and supplies in exchange for a portion of the crop raised is known as sharecropping. This arrangement emerged in the post-Civil War South, where formerly enslaved individuals and poor white farmers would work land owned by landowners. In return for their labor, they received a share of the harvest, but often ended up in a cycle of debt due to high costs and unfair practices.
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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
well workers got a place to live on and crops to plant for food, they were paid too but not as much as the landowners
Landowners often exploited sharecroppers by charging high interest rates on loans for supplies and equipment, resulting in perpetual debt for the sharecroppers. Additionally, landowners would often manipulate the accounting of crop yields and prices, leading to sharecroppers receiving lower profits than they deserved.
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.