Sharecropping developed in places such as colonial Africa, Ireland, and Scotland. It was introduced to the Southern United States during the time of the Reconstruction era when entire farms and/or plantations had been destroyed. Sharecropping is when people farmed land hat belonged to someone else for a portion of the crops instead of wages. Sharecroppers rarely ever had a chance to save money.
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| Family of sharecroppers in Georgia, USA. |
Tenant Farmers were usually considered as being a "step up" from a sharecropper. Unlike the sharecroppers, tenant farmers lived on the land of the landlord, and they could decide at the end of the year if they wanted to pay the owner in cash or in crop.
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| Tenant Farmers |
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