Small Farmers
Small Farmers face several problems during this time, especially financial issues. The newly freedmen are posing competition for small farmers. Both small farmers and freedmen are competing to sell their crops, reducing income. Also, small farmers have lost their social class, and now are being compared to freedmen. To restore these small farmers income, Truitt plans to create entirely different markets and put restrictions on the amount of people selling on one market.
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Freedmen
Freedmen are struggling to find decent job opportunities. They have been limited to becoming share croppers and this job pays poorly. Also, freedmen are being targeted, and constantly fearing for their safety. Shelby Truitt plans to put more efficient laws in place that protect their rights, and to keep them safe. No person should have to live life in fear, based on their previous enslavement.
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Women
Women have to take on many roles during reconstruction due to their lack of help. Many woman have lost their husbands, and slaves, requiring them to be independent and complete task on their own. Some elite women have resorted to negotiating household services with their previous female slaves, or are completing the tasks themselves. If elected into office, she hopes to provide women with helping hands for a decent price. These helping hands will be paid no more or less than a dollar a week.
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Plantation Owners
Plantation owners have lost their labor force, along with a very large part of their wealth. We know that many plantation owners feel betrayed, and are having to adjust to being their own work force. Knowing this, Shelby plans to provide Plantation owners a more humane and efficient labor force. This force will earn equal profit, as well as the Plantation owners.
Textile Workers
Industrial workers are facing several problems. These workers are being payed little to nothing, despite their hard work. Many health problems have surfaced due to the harsh conditions these workers are put in. To help fix these problems, I will pass laws that ensure all workers are in safe working conditions, and are paid a decent amount.
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Economic Depression For Farmers
As mentioned earlier, farmers are facing many problems at this time. Not only have plantation owners lost their labor force, and small farmers gained new competition, they are also making a surplus of cotton. This is causing the value to drop drastically, due to the lack of demand for it. Farmers are also facing a harsh drought and bug infestations. These pest are destroying entire crops, causing farmers to lose profit. In order to get the farmers out of this economic depression, we will place water laws, which will limit the use of water for families who do no farm. Truitt will also hire a team of specialist to create a solution for thug problems. This solution will kill the pest, but will not harm the ropes they are feeding on.
Discriminatory Groups
There are many discriminatory groups that are causing issues in the south. One discriminatory group is the KKK, which is well known for attempting to keep African Americans from using their new rights. This organization harasses African Americans, many accounts of death and other disturbances such as the burning of property, and beating of families have been recorded. The red shirts are also a discriminatory group in which has the same motives as the KKK. These organizations create unnecessary violence and need to be stopped. If elected into office, she will provide law enforcement as protection for the targeted races, and put laws into place to help further protect the newly freedmen from violence.
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