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Sharecropping in the South in the Early 1900’s

Explore the hardships and challenges faced by sharecropper families in the early 1900s South through compelling visual documentation from historical archives. Discover the struggle for survival, limited resources, and resilience of these farming communities.

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Sharecropping in the South in the Early 1900’s

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  1. Sharecropping in the South in the Early 1900’s Ellen Warren Oconee Christian Academy August 2003

  2. Sharecropping (also Tenant Farming) Agricultural system in which landowners rent their land to farmers and receive either cash or a share of the product in return

  3. South Carolina Sharecropper This farmer is taking a break from plowing.

  4. Plowing with a Mule

  5. Sharecropper’s Son

  6. House of cotton sharecropper (white) near Gaffney, South Carolina

  7. Sharecropper Family near Chesnee, S.C. Notice that both the children and the mother are barefooted. Most could only afford one pair of shoes so they saved them for when they really needed them.

  8. Sharecropper Family near Chesnee, S.C This is another photo of the same house with just the mother. Notice that several bottom planks are missing on the front steps.

  9. Shoes of a tenant farmer near Columbia, South Carolina Notice the man’s toes sticking out the end of his shoes.

  10. Child of Sharecropper Near Gaffney, South Carolina. Notice the crude shelf with the water bucket and the rock pillar supporting the house. The unpainted clapboard siding was very typical. These houses were not insulated.

  11. Farmers had to cure their own meat and draw their own water Well and old plantation smokehouse. Chesnee, South Carolina

  12. Wash and Rinse Cycle • What can you learn about their life from this picture? Wash pots. Florence County, South Carolina

  13. General store interior. Florence County, South Carolina Weighing fatback in country grocery store. Florence County, South Carolina

  14. Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store. Person County, North Carolina Selection at a country store was very limited. Most farmers could only buy such things as coffee or tea that they couldn’t produce themselves.

  15. Credits:All photos in this slide show are from the American Memory collection of the Library of Congress.

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