Yesterday in class (2/6/13) we watched a video on Jim Crow
Law’s. The Jim Crow Law’s were mandated in all public factories in Southern States
of the former Confederacy, they created a “separate but equal” status for African
Americans. Some examples of Jim Crow Laws are segregation of public schools,
public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms,
restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S. military
was also segregated. These laws followed The Black Codes of 1800-1866.
Today in class (2/7/13) we depicted a picture of African
American’s picking cotton. We learned about sharecroppers, these sharecroppers
who were freemen, rented land from planters. They would only receive a small portion
of the profit, the sharecroppers owed money do the planters and they could not
leave the farm until the debt was paid. The sharecroppers had to work similar
to the way slaves worked except they were free, not completely though, they couldn't leave the farm unless all their date was paid in full.
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