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Part 2. Sharecropping Tenancy & the Crop Lien System Furnishing MerchantTenant FarmerLandowner § Loan tools and seed up to 60% interest to tenant farmer.

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Page 1: Part 2. Sharecropping Tenancy & the Crop Lien System Furnishing MerchantTenant FarmerLandowner § Loan tools and seed up to 60% interest to tenant farmer.

Part 2

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SharecroppingSharecropping

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Tenancy & the Crop Lien System

Tenancy & the Crop Lien SystemFurnishing Merchant Tenant Farmer Landowner

§ Loan tools and seed up to 60% interest to tenant farmer to plant spring crop.

§ Farmer also secures food, clothing, andother necessities oncredit from merchant until the harvest.

§ Merchant holds “lien” {mortgage} on part of tenant’s future crops as repayment of debt.

§ Plants crop, harvests in autumn.

§ Turns over up to ½ of crop to land owner as payment of rent.

§ Tenant gives remainder of crop to merchant inpayment of debt.

§ Rents land to tenant in exchange for ¼ to ½ of tenant farmer’s future crop.

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Black & White Political Participation

Black & White Political Participation

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Establishment of Historically Black Colleges in the South

Establishment of Historically Black Colleges in the South

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Black Senate & House Delegates

Black Senate & House Delegates

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Colored Rule

in the South?

Colored Rule

in the South?

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Blacks in Southern PoliticsBlacks in Southern Politics« Core voters were black veterans.

« Blacks were politically unprepared.

« Blacks could register and vote in states since 1867.

« The 15th Amendment guaranteedfederal voting.

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15th Amendment15th Amendment« Ratified in 1870.

« The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

« The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

« Women’s rights groups were furious that they were not granted the vote!

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The “Invisible Empire of the South”

The “Invisible Empire of the South”

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The Failure of Federal Enforcement

The Failure of Federal Enforcement« Enforcement Acts of 1870 &

1871 [also known as the KKK Act].

« “The Lost Cause.”

« The rise of the“Bourbons.”

« Redeemers (prewarDemocrats and Union Whigs).

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The Civil Rights Act of 1875The Civil Rights Act of 1875

« Crime for any individual to deny full &equal use of public conveyances andpublic places.

« Prohibited discrimination in jury selection.

« Shortcoming lacked a strong enforcement mechanism.

« No new civil rights act was attemptedfor 90 years!

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Northern Support WanesNorthern Support Wanes« “Grantism” & corruption.

« Panic of 1873 [6-yeardepression].

« Concern over westwardexpansion and Indian wars.

« Key monetary issues:

should the government retire $432m worth of “greenbacks” issued during the Civil War.

should war bonds be paid back in specie orgreenbacks.

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1876 Presidential Tickets1876 Presidential Tickets

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“Regional Balance?”“Regional Balance?”

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1876 Presidential Election

1876 Presidential Election

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The Political Crisis of 1877

The Political Crisis of 1877

« “Corrupt Bargain”Part II?

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Hayes PrevailsHayes Prevails

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Alas, the Woes of Childhood…

Alas, the Woes of Childhood…

Sammy Tilden—Boo-Hoo! Ruthy Hayes’s got my Presidency, and he won’t give it to me!

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A Political Crisis: The “Compromise” of 1877A Political Crisis: The “Compromise” of 1877