The origins of black sharecropping.: An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly

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From the supplier: The rise of sharecropping in the antebellum South has been incorrectly portrayed by contemporary historians as a targeted and racist effort on the part of wealthy whites to keep freedmen from succeeding. While racism was definitely a factor in the long-term well-being of blacks, sharecropping was not a conscious effort by whites to keep blacks down. White landowners did not like sharecropping, but had to find some way to work there land. Freedmen understood their admittedly limited options, and freely chose sharecropping.

Citation Details
Title: The origins of black sharecropping.
Author: Wesley Allen Riddle
Publication:The Mississippi Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1995
Publisher: Mississippi State University
Volume: v49 Issue: n1 Page: p53(19)

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