Sharecropping (jan 1, 1870 – jan 1, 1940)
Description:
Cause:1. Former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers
2. absence of cash
3. independent credit system
Effect:
1. African Americans autonomy in their daily work and social lives
2. freed them from the gang-labor system
3. sharecroppers owing more to the landowner than they were able to repay.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1870
jan 1, 1940
~ 70 years