SHARECROPPING

DESCRIPTION

• Plantation owners rented land to freedmen
• People who rented were called tenants
• Tenants repaid openers with $ or in a 1/3 to 1/2 of crops

IMPACT ON LIVES OF THE AA

• Some people got caught in debt and were there for generations
• It really didn't change lives because it was a form of slavery

UNDERMINED DESCRIPTION

• This caused a lot of debt
• Tis is violating amendment # 13