Sharecropping and tenant farming developed to replace slavery
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Sharecropping and tenant farming developed to replace slavery.
By the spring of 1865 the south was the poorest region of the United States.
In the early spring of 1865, General Lee abandoned the capitol of Richmond, Virginia. The Battle of Appomattox Court House was the last engagement General Robert E. Lee fought before surrendering to the Union Army.
The value of money decreased between the years 1865 and 1895 in the United States. The United States was busy rebuilding the South and there was a need for expansion with people moving to the western territories.
Most records cite the fall of Wilmington, North Carolina on February 22, 1865. This was the last blockade running port of the South.