Many African American sharecroppers became trapped in a vicious cycle of debt after the Civil War mainly because

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The decline in cotton prices in the 1870s made it difficult for African American sharecroppers to pay off the high prices and interest rates charged by white landowners and merchants. This led to a cycle of debt and poverty for many black farmers. While discrimination and unfair banking practices certainly played a role in exacerbating this problem, the primary cause was the economic vulnerability of sharecroppers in the postwar South.

Many African American Sharecroppers Became Trapped in a Vicious Cycle