Sharecropping benefited both the workers and the owners. Sharecropping involved tenants farming land that is owned by someone else in return for a share of the crops.
Sharecropping gave freed slaves a chance to earn a living and gave landowners a much needed labor force.
To provide food,clothing,and medical to former slaves
to help former slaves make the change to freedom...
More rights for former slaves
Financial problems , prejudice southerns and the KKK
The only people involved in sharecropping were former slaves.
Many were designed to keep the former slaves poor
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Sharecropping trapped many former slaves in a cycle of debt and poverty because they were often unable to earn enough from their crops to pay their landowner. This system limited their economic independence and perpetuated a dependent relationship with the dominant land-owning class. Additionally, sharecropping often exposed former slaves to continued exploitation and harsh working conditions.
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No, former slaves were not the only ones who were sharecroppers. Sharecropping system also involved poor white farmers who did not have land of their own and worked on a share basis for landowners. Sharecropping was a widespread system in the American South after the Civil War.
Sharecropping
The system where freed slaves worked on someone else's land is called sharecropping. Under this system, former slaves worked on land owned by a different individual in exchange for a share of the crop produced.
After the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. The absence of cash or an independent credit system led to the creation of sharecropping. Sharecropping is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
Lincoln established the Freedmens Bureau for this exact purpose. It provided former slaves with education and information. Sadly most of them didnt know about this and fell into sharecropping
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