Life of a Sharecropper

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By Olivia O'Conner

Sharecropping during the Reconstruction era was very popular. It was a different way to make money. But sometimes the land owners weren't fair. So to ensure that the sharecroppers got a fair deal, the Freedman's Bureau wrote the contracts and made them official.

During Reconstruction, African Americans had new freedoms. Since former slaves couldn't read or write, they went to school. No longer slaves, they enjoyed being free, but they had no money or belongings. So most African Americans worked as sharecroppers .

Bibliography- Sharecropping. (2009, March 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:01, March 23, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharecropping&oldid=278372263

Sharecropper- a person that works for someone who owns land, in exchange for a small portion of the crops, shelter, and food, or other things, instead of money.

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