continued after 1960s
Sharecropping replaced the plantation system in the South after the Civil War as a way for freed slaves and poor whites to work the land they previously worked as slaves. Under this system, laborers rented land and resources from landowners in exchange for a share of the crops produced, allowing for some autonomy but also perpetuating cycles of debt and poverty.
The slaves were free, but not free. The south was in ruins at the end of the war, but the former slaves really had no place to go so they stayed where they were for the most part. Sharecroppers became a way of life, but even though people are "free" they were economically slaves. The plantation owners paid them very little, discriminated against them, and they could barely make a living. Jim Crow laws saw to it that segregation was a part of life.
The North in the United States typically had a more industrialized economy based on manufacturing and commerce, while the South relied heavily on agriculture, particularly cotton production using slave labor. The North had a more diversified economy and a larger population with more urban centers, while the South was characterized by large plantations and a more rural way of life. Socially, the North tended to be more progressive and focused on education and innovation, while the South was more traditional and hierarchical, with a stronger emphasis on family and land ownership.
Colonist used to live before us in the 1700 and 1800's
Most southerners saw slavery as an economic necessity. Slaves worked large plantations all throughout the south. These plantations depended on this cheap/free labor to keep overhead costs down.
True. Slavery in the South was a deeply entrenched institution that shaped its economy and social structure, ultimately tying the region to an outdated and morally reprehensible practice. The reliance on slavery hindered progress and innovation, leading to the South being held back by its commitment to an unsustainable way of life.
True. Slavery was a central economic and social institution in the southern United States before the Civil War, shaping the region's culture and politics. This dependence on slavery contributed to the South's resistance to social and economic changes that could have modernized the region.
In 1861-1865, the sharecropping system emerged in the South primarily as a way to address the economic devastation and labor shortages following the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. Landowners, lacking the labor force they once had, needed a system to cultivate their land, while freed African Americans sought opportunities for work and independence. Sharecropping allowed landowners to provide land and resources to tenants in exchange for a share of the crop, creating a cycle of debt and dependency that often left sharecroppers impoverished. This system became a prevalent means of agricultural production in the post-war South.
Sharecropping replaced the plantation system in the South after the Civil War as a way for freed slaves and poor whites to work the land they previously worked as slaves. Under this system, laborers rented land and resources from landowners in exchange for a share of the crops produced, allowing for some autonomy but also perpetuating cycles of debt and poverty.
One reason sharecropping began in the South was the economic devastation following the Civil War, which left many landowners without the means to farm their land and freed slaves seeking work. Sharecropping provided a way for landowners to maintain their agricultural production by allowing these laborers to farm their land in exchange for a share of the crops, rather than paying wages. This system became a means of survival for both parties but often led to cycles of debt and poverty for the sharecroppers.
Sharecropping began in the US Southern States after the plantation system was destroyed by the civil war. The white southern land owners hired the newly emancipated slaves to cultivate the land and grow crops in return for a place to live, usually a dilapidated shack and half of the the crop's earnings. Of course, it never worked out this way. Sharecropping was simply a quasar form of slavery.
it was basically a way to keep there slaves after slaves were made illegal
True
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Freedmen often resorted to sharecropping due to limited access to land and resources after being emancipated. Sharecropping provided them with a way to earn a living when they had little else to start with.
It is a way of life
the slavery and the south was one ver important difference between the north and south slavery