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jan 1, 1870 - Sharecropping

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Families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop, to be given to the landowner at the end of each year - used by plantations owners after the Civil War so they could keep their freed slaves in debt

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jan 1, 1870
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~ 156 years ago