The excerpt below is from an 1879 sharecropping agreement.
"...After payment of said supply bill, the said lessee is to pay to said lessor, in the gin of said
plantation, the rent
cotton herein before stipulated, said rent to be fully paid on or before the
1st day of January
, 1880. All cotton raised on said land is to be ginned on the gin of said
lessor, on said plantation
, and said lessee is to pay $4 per bale for ginning same..."
Source: LSU Shreveport, Noel Memorial Library Archives
Based on the excerpt, how did agreements like this affect the lives of Southerners?
O African Americans found it difficult to escape the cycle of debt peonage.
African Americans were able to save enough money to purchase the land.
O Former plantation owners found it difficult to raise their crops.
O Former plantation owners were forced to sell off their land.
"...After payment of said supply bill, the said lessee is to pay to said lessor, in the gin of said
plantation, the rent
cotton herein before stipulated, said rent to be fully paid on or before the
1st day of January
, 1880. All cotton raised on said land is to be ginned on the gin of said
lessor, on said plantation
, and said lessee is to pay $4 per bale for ginning same..."
Source: LSU Shreveport, Noel Memorial Library Archives
Based on the excerpt, how did agreements like this affect the lives of Southerners?
O African Americans found it difficult to escape the cycle of debt peonage.
African Americans were able to save enough money to purchase the land.
O Former plantation owners found it difficult to raise their crops.
O Former plantation owners were forced to sell off their land.
