why did farmers become sharecroppers sharecropping offered a measure of independance
eventually the A/a became sharecroppers
paying less for crops raised by african americans.
NO he was not African-American
The first African American locomotive engineer for the Houston Beltway Terminal was John E. McCarty. He made history in the early 20th century, breaking racial barriers in the railroad industry during a time of widespread segregation. McCarty's achievement paved the way for future generations of African Americans in the field.
No, Sam Houston WAS not African-American.
No, all sharecroppers were not African American
eventually the A/a became sharecroppers
Martin Luther King Jr. could be considered African-American or American because the generations of his family before him were taken from Africa by the Americans, but he was born in America.
It wasn't that they preferred to sharecrop as opposed to a wage, but there were no wages where they were. My great grandparents were sharecroppers because there were no wages where they were. They worked the land for a percentage of the crop. Some were able to work a deal that enabled them to later own the land they worked. This is what my great grandparents did. To earn a wage they would have had to leave where they grew up and my family did not until later generations. They did what they knew how to do, grow crops. That was why they sharecropped. My great grandparents were not African American, but Irish and Native American though. Good luck hearing from others on the subject. Knowledge gained through talking to family about those times.
The paintings that they did influenced later generations. They were all about showing their freedom and having their voices be heard.
In 1900, approximately 90% of African American farmers did not own the land they farmed. Many worked as tenant farmers or sharecroppers, which often resulted in limited economic stability and ownership prospects. This lack of land ownership was a significant barrier to economic independence and contributed to ongoing cycles of poverty within African American communities.
Sharecropping created a cycle of poverty for African Americans in the South by trapping them in a system of debt and dependence. Sharecroppers would rent land from white landowners and pay with a portion of their crops, often leading to insufficient returns to cover their debts for tools, seeds, and living expenses. This meant they were perpetually in debt and unable to accumulate wealth or escape the system. As a result, many African American families remained economically marginalized and stuck in a cycle of poverty for generations.
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paying less for crops raised by african americans.
we celebrate African-American history month because it is a way to inform the younger generations of what happened in the past, as to not ever repeat itself. there have been so many great African Americans, and to not celebrate for what they did and how hard their people had to fight in the past would be wrong.
R. Baxter Miller has written: 'A literary criticism of five generations of African American writing' -- subject(s): African American authors, African Americans, African Americans in literature, American literature, History and criticism, Intellectual life 'On the ruins of modernity' -- subject(s): American literature, History and criticism, African Americans, African American authors, Intellectual life
During the early stages of World War I, many African American sharecroppers in Georgia sought better opportunities by migrating to northern cities in search of jobs in factories and other industries. This movement was part of the larger Great Migration, where they aimed to escape the oppressive conditions of the South, including economic hardship and racial discrimination. The demand for labor in the North due to the war effort presented a chance for them to improve their socio-economic status and seek a better quality of life.