They were only paid after harvest once a year. Why didn't the Averys and other sharecroppers have cash to shop where they wanted? Prices were set by the company store and the land owners (Granger, Montier, and Harrison) owned the store. Why did sharecroppers sometimes owe more than their share of the crop to the company store? They would not sign an agreement to extend credit at any other store.Ĥ. The landowners Granger, Montier, and Harrison only agreed to sign and back the sharecroppers' portion of the crops at that store. Why could tenant farmers use their future crops as collateral for purchasing goods at the Wallace store but not at other stores? Collateral is something of value a lender is able to keep if a borrower fails to repay a loan. The landowners signed a paper guaranteeing the storeowner payment for the supplies purchased.ģ. Sharecroppers were only paid once a year at harvest time after all their debts were settled at the store. What did it mean when these landowners signed for their tenants? The Wallace store was a company store where tenants from the Granger, Montier, and Harrison plantations and others shopped. In return, the tenants are paid for their labor with living quarters and a share of the crops produced.Ģ. Sharecropping is a system of agricultural production where land owners allow tenant farmers to plant, tend, and harvest the crops the tenants plant. ![]() The book is available in Braille LCCN 97992624 and Talking Book LCCN 94974123. The books can be accessed through BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download). Library of Congress catalogue numbers are provided for accessible versions. Taylor (ISBN: 0-14-038451-0).īraille and Talking Book versions are available via the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. Use these questions with children 10 to 13 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: mortgage, note, and collateral.īook written by Mildred D.
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