1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
prisoha [69]
3 years ago
15

Why was it difficult for an African American sharecropper to make a living?

History
1 answer:
mixer [17]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

The African American involved in sharecropping was about one third of the after slavery population of farmers. The difficulty they experienced was inability to sell sharecrops aside that of the landowners, debt owed which in turn makes them work tirelessly for the landowners, inability to leave the business due to debts etc.

Explanation:

After the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. The absence of cash or an independent credit system led to the creation of sharecropping.

Sharecropping is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop. This encouraged tenants to work to produce the biggest harvest that they could, and ensured they would remain tied to the land and unlikely to leave for other opportunities. In the South, after the Civil War, many black families rented land from white owners and raised cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, and rice. In many cases, the landlords or nearby merchants would lease equipment to the renters, and offer seed, fertilizer, food, and other items on credit until the harvest season. At that time, the tenant and landlord or merchant would settle up, figuring out who owed whom and how much

High interest rates, unpredictable harvests, and unscrupulous landlords and merchants often kept tenant farm families severely indebted, requiring the debt to be carried over until the next year or the next. Laws favoring landowners made it difficult or even illegal for sharecroppers to sell their crops to others besides their landlord, or prevented sharecroppers from moving if they were indebted to their landlord.

Approximately two-thirds of all sharecroppers were white, and one third were black. Though both groups were at the bottom of the social ladder, sharecroppers began to organize for better working rights, and the integrated Southern Tenant Farmers Union began to gain power in the 1930s. The Great Depression, mechanization, and other factors lead sharecropping to fade away in the 1940s.

You might be interested in
I need an example of the 2nd amendment and how it would be used today.
Mandarinka [93]

Answer:

Explanation: the second amendment is the right to have or bear a gun.

Hope this helpee

5 0
3 years ago
The most important long-term impact on Socrates<br> was
alexandr402 [8]

Answer:

 the promotion of critical thinking and reason

Explanation:

5 0
2 years ago
Imagine it is 1825 and you have recently moved from the family farm to New York City write a letter to a friend describing what
zysi [14]
You would explain to him how awesome and how free you feel, at that time moving to the US was an accomplishment
7 0
2 years ago
Explain why the student nonviolent coordinating committee was dissatisfied after the march on Washington.
Mnenie [13.5K]

Answer:

They expected more from it.

Explanation:

3 0
3 years ago
Aristotle was a leading thinker in which civilization?
mariarad [96]

Answer:

Aristotle (c. 384 B.C. to 322 B.C.) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who is still considered one of the greatest thinkers in politics, psychology and ethics. When Aristotle turned 17, he enrolled in Plato's Academy. In 338, he began tutoring Alexander the Great. hope that helps!

8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • What is the meaning of The superior man loves quality; the small man loves comfort
    6·1 answer
  • Thomas Jefferson took a more ________ approach in reading and understanding the Constitution.
    8·2 answers
  • What was the fifth language group to appear in Oklahoma
    8·1 answer
  • What does it mean to be in slavery
    15·1 answer
  • What was the significance of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?
    12·1 answer
  • What did the Double V campaign refer to?
    10·2 answers
  • What does war make possible?
    6·1 answer
  • What famous phrase did marie antoinette never say
    7·1 answer
  • What were the changes that were made to heritage day in South Africa <br>​
    14·2 answers
  • Why did the Cold War end ? HELPP
    13·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!