Why were many African Americans farmers caught in a condition of debt peonage
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There were several ways that African American farmers were caught in a condition of debt peonage during the Reconstruction period following the US Civil Was. African American farmers could not afford to buy land of their own, so they agreed to farm another's land in exchange for a share of the crops (sharecropping). However, many sharecroppers were forced to buy seeds, tools, and other supplies from the landowner's store. Sharecroppers were often illiterate and had to depend on the accounting of the landowner and his staff and were kept in debt. The landowners also miscalculated the value of the crop, thus making the sharecropper unable to pay their debts to the landowner, merchants, and compnay stores. Another way was to use the "Black Codes" and arrest any black man who was out of a job (or between jobs) or arrest them on trumped up charges. A white employer would then pay off their debts of the court costs and fines if the black man would agree to work for the employer to pay off the debt. Paperwork would be lost and they were trapped in debt peonage.
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What was true about colleges and universities founded for African Americans
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They offered literacy courses to former slaves
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What was common and classes in African American schools
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All of the above
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Which of the following is true of school for African Americans in the south
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the freedman's bureau started them
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I was an enslaved African brought to America at about the age of 12.I became free and ran a boardinghouse in Boston.Here i held religious and social meetings for peoples of all races.A memoir recorded
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Why were many African Americans farmers caught in a condition of debt peonage
There were several ways that African American farmers were caught in a condition of debt peonage during the Reconstruction period following the US Civil Was. African American farmers could not afford to buy land of their own, so they agreed to farm another's land in exchange for a share of the crops (sharecropping). However, many sharecroppers were forced to buy seeds, tools, and other supplies from the landowner's store. Sharecroppers were often illiterate and had to depend on the accounting of the landowner and his staff and were kept in debt. The landowners also miscalculated the value of the crop, thus making the sharecropper unable to pay their debts to the landowner, merchants, and compnay stores. Another way was to use the "Black Codes" and arrest any black man who was out of a job (or between jobs) or arrest them on trumped up charges. A white employer would then pay off their debts of the court costs and fines if the black man would agree to work for the employer to pay off the debt. Paperwork would be lost and they were trapped in debt peonage.
What was true about colleges and universities founded for African Americans
They offered literacy courses to former slaves
What was common and classes in African American schools
All of the above
Which of the following is true of school for African Americans in the south
the freedman's bureau started them
I was an enslaved African brought to America at about the age of 12.I became free and ran a boardinghouse in Boston.Here i held religious and social meetings for peoples of all races.A memoir recorded
What was common and classes in African American schools
Which of the following is true of school for African Americans in the south
I was an enslaved African brought to America at about the age of 12.I became free and ran a boardinghouse in Boston.Here i held religious and social meetings for peoples of all races.A memoir recorded
What was common and classes in African American schools
Which of the following is true of school for African Americans in the south
I was an enslaved African brought to America at about the age of 12.I became free and ran a boardinghouse in Boston.Here i held religious and social meetings for peoples of all races.A memoir recorded
Who is most likely to reach menarche first the African American or the causasian
What did the African American Leaders do at the local level
Which of the following is true of school for African Americans in the south
I was an enslaved African brought to America at about the age of 12.I became free and ran a boardinghouse in Boston.Here i held religious and social meetings for peoples of all races.A memoir recorded