Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
I found a document that describes a sharecropping contract from 1882. The document explains that farmers could not afford to hire workers to help harvest crops such as watermelons and squash. They needed workers who would not have to be paid until they harvested a crop. The contract prohibited the growing of garden crops on the land because the landowner wanted to ensure that the sharecropper would focus on growing cotton, which was the most profitable crop at the time.
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