USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sharecropping was an economic system that existed before the Civil War and throughout the world. Both white and African Americans became sharecroppers. This system was comprised of sharecroppers renting farmable land from farmers, such as plantation owners, who owned large patches of land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Small and marginal farmers (who typically own or operate less than two hectares) do sharecropping to supplement their income as they own low-fertility fields, which were sold to them cheaply in the ‘70s and ‘80s by landowners trying to evade ceiling laws.

Detailed explanation-3: -In exchange for the use of land, a cabin, and supplies, sharecroppers agreed to raise a cash crop and give a portion, usually 50 percent, of the crop to their landlord.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was widely used in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) that followed the American Civil War, which was economically devastating to the southern states. It is still used in many rural poor areas of the world today, notably in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.