'All I’ve done is worked, I can’t find no time in between when I didn’t do work.'
is a type of farming where tenants would rent and work a portion of land in return for a share of the crops. It became extremely popular in the US after the Civil War, as a way for white landowners to take advantage of freed slaves looking for work. Landowners were able to get away with paying the sharecroppers virtually nothing for hours of labor, while facing no legal retribution.Many sharecroppers were also forced to purchase all their food and other necessities from the landowner.
Madie has spent a large majority of her life not only working, but laboring in intense, physically demanding jobs. She worked so much that when she stopped, she didn't quite know what to do with herself:"I used to go to the building in the front [where I used to work] and sit and look at the people working because I missed it."
Shanika said it's important to both her and her grandmother that they record Madie's life as part of history."When you think of history, they really don’t talk about the truth. We hear about Christopher Columbus, but we don’t really hear too much of Black history," Shanika said."So I feel it’s important for me to put this out there so people can hear it firsthand.
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