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Sharecropping and Jim Crow

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23196955240 acres and a mulesherman leads free slaves to settle on abandoned land, johnson orders them evicted
231969553Sharecroppingsharing the crop, african americans who stayed on plantations did this. poor whites and aa would do the labor and the owner would provide the tools and land, at the end of the season the poor people would have to pay a "rent" in crops and most of the time the person would end up in a serious debt that they cannot get out of. But, offered freed blacks independence and land of their own.
231969554wage laborsystem in which blacks committed themselves for a year in return for fixed wages on white-owned plantations that were often withheld or cheated. This replaced slavery; however, it was still a type of servitude. (see sharecropping)
231969555subsistence workA plot of land on the side to live off of
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