Tenants And Sharecroppers

Tenants and Sharecroppers falls under the AP Theme Work, Exchange, and Technology. Even with the seeds of industry in place, the South remained rooted in farming (puns intended). The crop output was largely just a few single types of cash crops to turn a quick profit. Farms were increasingly run by off site owners and the farmers being merely tenants who fell into debt by taking out money on (possibly uncertain) future harvests. Sharecroppers usually had nothing and were only working with equipment given to them by the landowners who took large cuts of the harvest, leaving them with almost no personal income. Backcountry residents were forced into producing cash crops for easy money instead of the traditional food items. The cause for tenants