sharecropper in the PONS Dictionary

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Priority in the purchase of land made available by river-valley projects must be given to tenants, sharecroppers, and small farmers.
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Mostly for the cultivation of cotton, land would be used by sharecroppers in return for a share of the crop to the landowner.
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Some became settled sharecroppers, who would work a portion of the land in return for a share of the crop, while others were itinerant workers.
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For example, a landowner may have a sharecropper farming an irrigated hayfield.
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It was settled in the 1920s by sharecroppers.
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The agreement would also indicate whether the sharecropper would use his own equipment to raise the crops, or use the landlord's equipment.
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Arrangements also typically gave half or less of the crop to the sharecropper, and the sale price in some cases was set by the landowner.
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The remains of hundreds of tenant and sharecropper houses still dot the landscape around the installation.
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Others were day laborers or very poor sharecroppers, who worked under the supervision of the landowner.
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Up until the 1950s, sharecroppers lived on the plantation.
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