sharecropper

Example Sentences

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Haley had wanted to write a book about Montgomery, who was born into a family of sharecroppers and endured racism in the Jim Crow South before becoming a successful plumber, farm owner, alderman and mayor.

From Seattle Times

His father was a half-Cajun sharecropper; his mother was a French-speaking Cajun midwife.

From Washington Post

Edwards was born on Aug. 7, 1927, to a sharecropper and a midwife in Avoyelles Parish, a region settled by 18th century French exiles from Nova Scotia who came to be known as Cajuns.

From Los Angeles Times

Edwards was born Aug. 7, 1927, to a sharecropper and a midwife in Avoyelles Parish, part of the region settled by 18th century French exiles from Nova Scotia who came to be known as Cajuns.

From Seattle Times

"Your task is to determine the depth of the harm, and the ways in which we are to repair that harm," said Weber, whose parents were sharecroppers forced to leave the South.

From Fox News