Sharecropping:

a. was a compromise between african-americans' desire for discipline and planters' desire to learn to do physical labor.

b. became more popular because of rising farm prices that brought increased prosperity.

c. was preferred by african-americans to gang labor (because they were less subject to supervision).

d. meant that african-americans were paid their share daily for doing specific tasks.

e. was most popular in the old rice-plantation areas of south carolina and georgia.

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Jaron Glenn

3 September, 11:25

Sharecropping:

a. was a compromise between african-americans' desire for discipline and planters' desire to learn to do physical labor.

b. became more popular because of rising farm prices that brought increased prosperity.

c. was preferred by african-americans to gang labor (because they were less subject to supervision).

d. meant that african-americans were paid their share daily for doing specific tasks.

e. was most popular in the old rice-plantation areas of south carolina and georgia.

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Laney Contreras · Answer 1

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e. Was most popular in the old rice-plantation areas of South Carolina and Georgia.

Sharecropping was the practice of former slaves and plantation owner to enter into a a tenancy agreement in which sharing the yield at the end of the year was the ultimate gain.