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Because some people didn't own any land, or they lost their land because they were not able to pay back the money they borrowed, they often became sharecroppers.
Emancipation caused a labor shortage on the plantations in the South. The former slaves had no money with which to purchase land. Sharecropping was the solution.
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Why did many farmers become sharecroppers?
So many freedmen and poor whites became sharecroppers.
Why did mama want the sharecroppers and the farm owners to shop in Vicksburg?
In Vicksburg there are a plethora (a lot) of stores and several of the stores treat the blacks well.
Why do you think laborers decide to become sharecroppers?
Go to Google(web).
Why did many southerns become sharecroppers after the civil war?
It looked like the obvious move up from slavery - half-owning the crops you cultivated on someone else's land.
What are 5 bad things reconstruction of the south gave us?
Reconstruction raised taxes for rebuilding. There was corruption in the government. For black people, there were few job oppourtunities. Many black people became sharecroppers. The Ku Klux Klan formed during reconstruction. And even though blacks were supposedly deemed separate but equal, that was not the case. Many whites wanted to stop blacks from voting.
