I need help under standing this passage"...[The] said Cooper Hughs Freedman with his wife...are to work on said farm and to cultivate forty acres in corn and twenty acres in cotton, to assist in putting that fences on said farm in good order and to keep them so and to do all other work on said farm necessary to be done to keep the same in good order and to raise a good crop and to be under the control and directions of said IG Bailey and to receive for their said services one half of the cotton and one third of the corn and fodder raised by them on said farm in said year 1869 ....And the said IG Bailey party of the first part, agrees and binds himself to furnish necessary Mules and farming implements to cultivate said crop..."
-Cotract,Marshall County,Mississippi,1867
What is the arrangements is it, sharecropping, black codes, grandfather clause, Ten Percent Plan ,can you also explain how you new and what told you that answer PLEAS HELP ME.
sharecropping
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Based on the passage you provided, the arrangement described can be identified as sharecropping.
To understand how I arrived at this answer, let's break it down:
1. The passage mentions Cooper Hughs Freedman and his wife, who are being assigned work on a farm. This is indicative of a labor arrangement.
2. They are to cultivate forty acres of corn and twenty acres of cotton. This suggests that they will be responsible for growing crops on the farm.
3. They are required to assist in maintaining the fences and performing all other necessary work to keep the farm in good order. This implies that they will not only work the land but also take care of its maintenance.
4. They will be under the control and directions of a person named IG Bailey. This indicates that their labor will be supervised.
5. In return for their services, Cooper Hughs Freedman and his wife will receive one half of the cotton and one third of the corn and fodder (a type of feed for livestock) produced on the farm in that specific year (1869).
6. IG Bailey agrees to provide the necessary mules and farming implements for cultivating the crops.
Sharecropping was a prevalent agricultural system following the Civil War, particularly in the Southern United States. It involved landowners (in this case, IG Bailey) renting out land to laborers (Cooper Hughs Freedman and his wife) who would then work the land and share a portion of the resulting harvest as payment. This system often kept tenants in a cycle of debt and dependency.
As for how I arrived at this answer, as an AI language model, I don't have personal experiences or emotions. Instead, I rely on a vast database of information and patterns from various sources, such as books, websites, and articles, to generate responses. In this case, I applied historical knowledge and analyzed the details of the passage to provide an accurate explanation.
What does the passage say? The farmer and his wife are to cultivate corn and cotton, maintain the farm and the fences, etc. The landowner, I.G. Bailey, will pay the farmer 1/3 share of the corn and 1/2 share of the cotton he and his wife raise (as well as the fodder). In other words, Mr. Bailey gets 1/2 the cotton and 2/3 the corn raised by the freed slave on Mr. Bailey's land. Bailey will also furnish (and own) the mules and implements Mr. Freedman will use to raise those crops.
What kind of an arrangement is this? And what tells you that it is that kind of contract/arrangement?