Class Notes Sharecropping
•is a form of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land. •Sharecropping has a long history and there are a wide range of different situations and types of agreements that have used a form of the system. New South Mill Economy •As the railroad expanded in the South, production of cotton, wheat, and tobacco increased. •Northern Investments in the South • It was difficult to earn a living from farming without being in a “cycle of debt” •Southerners turned to Mills to provide for their families Southern Boosters •Hoped to shape the region’s economy to resemble that of the North, focusing not only on industry but on infrastructure as well. • New South boosters were white, and they ensured that the innovations they sought conformed to the region’s racial status quo.
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