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

Examples of sharecropper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His parents were sharecroppers; half of what the family made pulling cotton went to the other family that actually owned the land. —

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024 In the 1930s, an interviewer asked Jake McLeod, an elderly Black sharecropper, about his memories of Jackson. —

Susanna Ashton, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024 While living in Mississippi, Eliza was a sharecropper, a dehumanizing labor system implemented after slavery was abolished in the South. —

Keyaira Kelly, refinery29.com, 19 June 2024 Fletcher’s parents were sharecroppers and Randle’s grandmother was an enslaved African, Solomon-Simmons said. —

Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for sharecropper

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