Because it was an inhumane way to treat people. My great great grand father was a sharcropper. The owners of the land make it where you cant get ahead and get a good life. They make sure you always owe them money so you cant leave. It was a legal form of slavery.
sharecropping did not cause the civil war but it happened after when they couldnt have slaves anymore
After the Civil War.
Many people turned to sharecropping because they didn't know how to farm their own land.
southern states
sharecropping
Sharecropping
the invention of cotton picking machines
The invention of cotton picking machines.
Sharecropping and tenant farming both emerged as labor systems in the South after the Civil War and Reconstruction. Both systems involved individuals working on land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crops produced. The laborers in these systems typically faced economic struggles and limited autonomy.
Landownership would be an antonym for sharecropping, as it refers to owning land outright as opposed to a tenant farming arrangement.
The families lived on sharecropping land
sharecropping affected African Americans and poor whites.
Cesar had done sharecropping with his neighbor's.
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Sharecropping
In America sharecropping continued from the decade following the civil war till the 1970's.
Sharecropping itself is not illegal, but the exploitative practices often associated with it can be illegal, such as unfair land rental agreements or poor labor conditions. Some countries have laws regulating agricultural arrangements like sharecropping to protect the rights of tenants and prevent exploitation.