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Why would a freedman agree to become a sharecropper?

Why would a freedman agree to become a sharecropper?
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Why would a freedman agree to become a sharecropper?

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The main reason why a freedman would agree to become a sharecropper is because he had practically no money--having just been freed from slavery. Working for someone else on poor terms was one of the only ways to survive. 
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