Finding Your Roots  A Family of Sharecroppers

Brown University President Ruth Simmons grew up in a family of sharecroppers. Details

 

Program: Finding Your Roots

Episode: A Family of Sharecroppers

Brown University President Ruth Simmons grew up in a family of sharecroppers, a notorious system in which farmers pick cotton and live on someone else's land for a share of the profits. But they had to pay such high charges for rent, they often fell into a cycle of debt.

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Duration: (1:24)
Premiere Date: 04/28/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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