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Sharecropping



Sharecropping, arrangement whereby a share of a tenant farmer's yearly land yield (usually 50%) went to the landowner in lieu of rent. The tenant provided the labor, while the landowner provided land, equipment, and often loans to buy seed. The system was notorious for its abuses.



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