SUjagTILLiDIE
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Sharecropping is a system of agriculture or agricultural production in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land (e.g., 50 percent of the crop). This should not be confused with a crop fixed rent contract, in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a fixed amount of crop per unit of land (e.g., 1 ton per hectare). Sharecropping has a long history and there are a wide range of different situations and types of agreements that have encompassed the system.Sharecropping by region
United States
Although the sharecropping system is thought of as a post Civil War development, it existed in antebellum Mississippi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropper
United States
Although the sharecropping system is thought of as a post Civil War development, it existed in antebellum Mississippi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropper