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Agriculture in N.C.

Agriculture in N.C. 40,000 men died in the Civil War from N.C. As a result, many NC farms were neglected or destroyed. Who worked on the NC farms?. NC had 350,000 freed slaves. Many stayed and worked on the farms and plantations they were enslaved on.

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Agriculture in N.C.

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  1. Agriculture in N.C. • 40,000 men died in the Civil War from N.C. • As a result, many NC farms were neglected or destroyed

  2. Who worked on the NC farms? • NC had 350,000 freed slaves. Many stayed and worked on the farms and plantations they were enslaved on.

  3. How did the tenant farming and sharecropping system work in NC? • A tenant lived on and rented the land. • A sharecropper provided the labor • The sharecropper received a share of the crop, or part of the income made from the sale of the crop

  4. What were some disadvantages to the tenant farming and sharecropping system? • Tenants moved from one farm to another • Hard work with little reward • Crops were not rotated, which meant the land lost its fertility • They grew cash crops(cotton and tobacco), but did not grow crops for food

  5. What problems did NC farmers face after the war? • Low income because crop prices remained the same or dropped • The cost of seeds and farming equipment went up • High land taxes • The result-Farmers had to borrow money with high interest rates • High shipping rates that railroads charged

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