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Sharecropping was a system where owners of farms would get paid by sharecroppers to be able to use tools for the farmland, at a cost of a percentage of the food harvested from that farm given to the owner. This system first derived from England, which was them passed to America. The system was used by many Southerners during the Revolutionary Era from 1865 to 1877.

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MOOC | Origins of Sharecropping | The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1865-1890 | 3.6.4

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This is how sharecropping looked during the Reconstruction Era in Texas.

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If you are wondering who provided the land and is in charge of it, that would be the landowner. Sharecropping was found most in the southern countries like Texas, where they grew labor intensive crops like sugar cane and cotton. The result of sharecropping was believed to be beneficial to newly freed slaves. But in reality, it was an exploitative and economic stagnation. Problems that arose with sharecropping where debt and poverty from landowners hoarding money of Black worker's labor as well as high interest rates, and unpredictable harvests. Some laws also favored landowners, making it illegal for sharecroppers to sell crops to others besides landowners.

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How Does The Government Of Texas Relate To Sharecropping?

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How Does The Government Of Texas Relate To Sharecropping?

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There were some political parties that arose from sharecropping like The People's Party, a Texas Populism movement, and it did benefit candidates , like James E. Ferguson, when running for election. Sharecroppers were also at the bottom of the social ladder, which led to them beginning Southern Tenant Farmer Unions to gain power.

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How Sharecropping Effected The People Of Texas Socially.

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How Sharecropping Effected The People Of Texas Socially.

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Although slavery was abolished, whites still believed that they were superior or better that people of other color like blacks. This discrimination prompted the passing of the Jim Crow Laws, which gave blacks access to transportation, education, housing, and employment. Sharecroppers were provided a small place to live, like a shack, although being in debt to their landlord. Of course, the landowners and debtors liked sharecropping because it benefited them with profits and crops.

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How Sharecropping Effected People  In Texas Economically

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How Sharecropping Effected People  In Texas Economically

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Of course, the people who benefited from this system were the landowners, hoarding all the money the sharecroppers were supposed to have, which got them into debt and poverty. Interestingly, tenant farmers were more financially stable than sharecroppers. Sharecropping also affected the activities people engaged in, being more and more people favored by the sharecropping system, mainly people in southern states like Texas. The reason for this was because the crops grown from sharecropping, cotton, were very profitable in trade and selling.