How did sharecroppers pay the rent on their farms?

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Jaylen Cardenas

13 February, 12:24

How did sharecroppers pay the rent on their farms?

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Camilla Lin · Answer 1

forced into labor

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These small farmers didn't own any land, so they were forced into labor systems called sharecropping and tenant farming. They paid the landlord - often through a portion of the crop they raised - to use his land. Sharecroppers and tenants rarely broke out of this system to become landowners themselves.