The Great Depression, combined with the South's overproduction and overemphasis on cotton, had devastating effects on sharecroppers, as cotton prices fell dramatically after the 1929 stock market crash.

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  Debt slavery | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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• sharecropping concept
• American South location