After the Civil War the southern sharecropper was often tied to the land by an economic system similar to although less onerous than slavery, and known as ______.

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Debt peonage was a system where sharecroppers and tenant farmers, who often lacked cash, would borrow supplies against future crops. This system frequently resulted in a cycle of debt that was difficult to escape, effectively binding them to the land owned by another, similar to but less severe than the conditions under slavery.

After the Civil War the Southern Sharecropper Was Often Tied