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1) How did the economic role of African Americans change between 1860 and 1880?

2) Would you consider "Sharecropping" to be another form of slavery? Why or why not?

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1.African Americans went from having no rights and no land of their own to becoming a part of the farming industry and owning land for themselves

2.Yes because Sharecropping became widespread in the South as a response to economic upheaval caused by the end of slavery during and after Reconstruction. Sharecropping was a way for poor farmers, both white and black, to earn a living from land owned by someone else.

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