Most sharecroppers and tenant farmers earned their living by cultivating land owned by others. They would work the land and, in return, receive a share of the crop produced, which they used for their own sustenance and to pay off debts to landowners for supplies and rent. This system often kept them in a cycle of poverty, as they struggled to make enough profit to improve their circumstances or gain ownership of land. Additionally, they typically lacked access to resources and credit, further entrenching their economic vulnerability.
by farming and trading with the Native Americans
Sharecropping in the 1800s offered some advantages, such as providing landless farmers, particularly freed African Americans, with the opportunity to work land and earn a living. It allowed them to gain some independence and maintain a connection to agriculture. However, disadvantages included exploitative contracts that often left sharecroppers in perpetual debt to landowners, leading to cycles of poverty and economic dependence. Additionally, sharecropping systems frequently perpetuated racial inequalities and limited access to education and resources for the laborers.
People in the west earned a living by farming
I have no clue other people are suppose to answer that
Frankly, they don't.
they earn money
Sharecroppers typically did not own the land they farmed. Instead, they would work on a landowner's property in exchange for a portion of the crops they produced. Sharecropping was a way for people, often former slaves or poor farmers, to gain access to land and earn a living, but the system often left them in a cycle of debt and poverty.
by renting land to farm from larger landowners-novanet
by being subsistence farmers
with jobs. they are shrimpers crabbers, there work is out in the water.
because the central goverment give them money to help out.
An advantage of sharecropping over slavery was that sharecroppers had more independence and autonomy in their work. While still facing challenges, sharecroppers had the opportunity to negotiate terms and potentially earn a share of the profits from their labor.
Sharecropping primarily involved three key groups: the landowners, who provided land and resources; the sharecroppers, typically impoverished farmers who worked the land in exchange for a share of the crops; and often local merchants or suppliers, who extended credit and supplies to both landowners and sharecroppers. This system emerged in the Southern United States after the Civil War, as a way for landowners to maintain control over labor while providing a means for freed slaves and poor whites to earn a living. The relationships among these groups were often exploitative, leading to cycles of debt and poverty for sharecroppers.
by farming and trading with the Native Americans
normal farmers *and not industrial farmers earn about $30,000 a year so that's about $2,500 a month
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.
The farmers did not earn much.