Sharecroppers worked on farms and they were provided the farm by a man. The man would take 1/2 the crops and they must sell the other 1/2 to pay rent and other needs. Yeah paying rent even though they give 1/2 the crops. Awfull isnt it? Just like slavery your stuck in an endless work cycle.
Slave labor was needed, they needed people to plant those cash crops for them.
