share-cropping

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Which way did I like best—I'll take share-cropping.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

Obviously, if this case is indicative, and there were others, share-cropping did not induce attitudes of subservience.

From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by Wolf, George D.

Then he went to Illinois where his younger sister and her husband were share-cropping.

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.

This machine and its successors completely transformed the cotton farming industry and led to the destruction of the share-cropping system.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.