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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Eighty-year-old Frances Shaw, the daughter of sharecroppers, started teaching at Louisiana's Northside High School more than a half century ago. —

Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2025 One of the most significant figures in his childhood was Rachel Clark, a Black sharecropper who worked on his family's farm. —

Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025 World & Nation President Carter and the Mideast: Long-ago success and lasting wounds Jan. 1, 2025 The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father. —

Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025 Written in clear, confident prose, the book captured the profound influence of the land and the people -- especially the Black sharecroppers who helped raise him. —

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