RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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They were having to hire former slaves to work their small farms.
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They were now having to compete with sharecroppers when selling goods.
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They had lost their entire labor force because of the Thirteenth Amendment.
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They had to take an oath promising not to take part in any future rebellion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Through sharecropping, white landowners hoarded the profits of Black workers’ agricultural labor, trapping them in poverty and debt for generations. Black people who challenged this system of domination faced threats, violence, and even murder.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South’s first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitious economic development programs (including aid to railroads and other enterprises).
Detailed explanation-3: -After the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. The absence of cash or an independent credit system led to the creation of sharecropping.