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Describe how sharecropping worked. Provide details about how this helped or hurt the individual sharecroppers.

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Answer:

Sharecroppers always owed money. This kept them trapped on the land and in their contracts.

Step-by-step explanation:

i did it on edge

User Thomas Hupkens
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Sharecroppers worked on farms and they were provided the farm by a man. The man would take 1/2 the crops and they must sell the other 1/2 to pay rent and other needs. Yeah paying rent even though they give 1/2 the crops. Awfull isnt it? Just like slavery your stuck in an endless work cycle.
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