sharecropper
noun
share·crop·per
ˈsher-ˌkrä-pər 
: a tenant farmer especially in the southern U.S. who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges
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The city of 10,000 was a paradise for a Black kid like Shirley Taylor, 70, whose sharecropper family moved from a shack in Arkansas to a two-story house in the area in 1956.
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Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
Coleman, herself born to sharecropper parents in slavery’s shadow, took that promise of freedom airborne.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Just as many had doubts that a sharecropper era vampire movie about the birth of blues could be a blockbuster.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
Coogler opens with traumatized sharecropper Sammie (impressive newcomer Miles Caton), smeared with blood and fresh claw marks gouged into the side of his face, staggering mid-service into the church where his father preaches, clutching his guitar.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
Coleman, herself born to sharecropper parents in slavery’s shadow, took that promise of freedom airborne.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Just as many had doubts that a sharecropper era vampire movie about the birth of blues could be a blockbuster.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
Coogler opens with traumatized sharecropper Sammie (impressive newcomer Miles Caton), smeared with blood and fresh claw marks gouged into the side of his face, staggering mid-service into the church where his father preaches, clutching his guitar.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Sharecropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharecropper. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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sharecropper
noun
share·crop·per
ˈshe(ə)r-ˌkräp-ər
ˈsha(ə)r-
: a farmer who works land for the owner in return for a share of the value of the crop
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