Why would a freedman agree to become and sharecropper?

Answer 1

This system required no cash investment

Answer 2

This system required no cash investment

Answer 3

It is economic slavery. A person is tied to the land and they don't get much for the work they do so they can't afford to change or move away. Most of the profit goes to the land's owner therefore it is like slavery.

Answer 4

Being a sharecropper was not a particularly good form of employment, however, if better employment is not available, people will often take what they can get.

Answer 5

freedmen need land to farm