Sharecropping (jan 1, 1860 – jan 1, 1940)
Description:
Who: Freed slaves, Southern LandownersWhat: 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.
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Date:
jan 1, 1860
jan 1, 1940
~ 80 years