jan 4, 1870 - sharecropping
Description:
-distinctive system of cotton agriculture in which freedmen worked as renters, exchanging their labor for the use of land, housing, and supplies-effective strategy -> shared risks between laborers and landowners
-low-wages
-arose because it was a good fit for cotton
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 4, 1870
Now
~ 155 years ago