Review:
Sharecropping
overall review score: 2.5
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Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crops produced on the land.
Key Features
- Tenant works the land and gives a portion of the crops to the landowner
- Historically common in the Southern United States after the Civil War
- Often led to economic exploitation of tenant farmers
Pros
- Provided an opportunity for people without land to farm and earn a living
Cons
- Tenants often faced economic hardship and were vulnerable to exploitation by landowners
- Contributed to the perpetuation of poverty and racial inequality