tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627418336500751550.post3062247400980857048..comments2023-10-20T07:52:03.288-04:00Comments on New Adventures in Digital History: Was urbanization crucial to southern life after the civil war?J Chamblisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093846714149293950noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627418336500751550.post-89935380691231337292010-01-21T21:16:59.547-05:002010-01-21T21:16:59.547-05:00Urbanization was crucial to Southern life after th...Urbanization was crucial to Southern life after the Civil war. The South had yet to evolve into an accepting community and therefore the former slaves had nowhere to go but back to plantations to work, except this time for money, also known as sharecropping. Given the lack of need for cotton, the economy was in the dirt and the South was in need of change. Without change discrimination would Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16711994140283480797noreply@blogger.com