sharecropper
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He worked a public job and we as a family worked on the farm and sharecropped.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2021
Glen Travis Campbell was born on April 22, 1936, about 80 miles southwest of Little Rock, Ark., between Billstown and Delight, where his father sharecropped 120 acres of cotton.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2017
His poor family sharecropped land owned by Don Luigi Sturzo, Italy's great political priest who founded what is now the Christian Democratic Party.
From Time Magazine Archive
Waller sharecropped a wheat and tobacco farm in Pittsylvania County in southern Virginia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sam and Louisa moved to Boston, Georgia, where they sharecropped for several years; they later bought a small farm when their two sons became old enough to help.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives by Work Projects Administration
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