- Collection:
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
- Title:
- Sharecropping and tenant farming
- Creator:
- Hawkins, Van
- Date of Original:
- 1800/2006
- Subject:
- Sharecropping--Arkansas
Sharecropping--Law and legislation--Arkansas
Negotiation--Arkansas
Plantations--Arkansas
African American farmers--Arkansas
Farmers--United States - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
- Medium:
- articles
photographs - Description:
- Overview entry on Sharecropping and Tenant Farming in Arkansas, the agricultural system through which Arkansas coped with Reconstruction and the end of slavery. Farmers were given a plot of land to live on and cultivate, and in return, the land-owner received a percentage of the farmer's crop. Article includes photographs.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=2103
- Rights Holder:
- copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Contributing Institution:
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
