For our quilt square Heath and I chose the subject of sharecropping. Our square has a scene of what land that was being sharecropped might look like.In the middle is a large, fancy house. This os the owner's house. All around it are garden plots and small shacks next to them. These would be where the farmers live. On the bottom left corner is a slightly bigger house with a satellite dish on top. This symbolizes how sharecropping is still done today.
When the slaves were freed, they were left without jobs and houses.So they had the idea to have an agreement with a landowner to farm on the owner's land if they gave the owner portion of the crop, normally about half. In return the owner would give them a place to live and some food. Sharecropping helped reconstruction because it gave more people land and jobs.
When the slaves were freed, they were left without jobs and houses.So they had the idea to have an agreement with a landowner to farm on the owner's land if they gave the owner portion of the crop, normally about half. In return the owner would give them a place to live and some food. Sharecropping helped reconstruction because it gave more people land and jobs.
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