Sharecropping (1 Jan 1860 Jahr – 1 Jan 1940 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
Who: Freed slaves, Southern Landowners
What: System of farming in which ex-slaves lived on land owned by a white person, paid for the land in some percentage of the goods produced.
Where: Southern US
When: Late 1860s-1940s
Why: Allowed the further oppression of the officially enfranchised freedmen. Predominant farming system in the post-Civil War South.
Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:
Datum:
1 Jan 1860 Jahr
1 Jan 1940 Jahr
~ 80 years