sharecropper

noun

share·crop·per ˈsher-ˌkrä-pər

: a tenant farmer especially in the southern U.S. who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges

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But it’s based a song about sharecroppers, ‘Penny’s Farm,’ from the 1920s, which Pete Seeger had recorded in 1950! —

Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024 Who is Willie Hines, Jr.? Hines' parents were born to sharecroppers in Arkansas and each worked in cotton fields as children. —

Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024 Instead, Black former slaves were forced to go into debt as sharecroppers. —

Gary Franks, Boston Herald, 21 June 2024 An 18-year-old sharecropper named Willie Reed was out walking by the barn when a truck turned in. —

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