Source-Dependent Questions
- Look closely at the photo. What do you notice about the people as well as their living and working conditions?
- Sharecropping replaced slavery kept formerly enslaved people poor and unable to gain enough money to purchase any land. Describe how this is a form of oppression.
Citation Information
Lange, Dorothea, "Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas who has been resettled at Hill House, Mississippi," July 1936. Courtesy of Library of Congress