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His great-grandfather had been a slave owner and large landholder; his parents were tenant farmers.
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
But in numerous cases, landholders were not exactly fat cats.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The new bill in parliament aims to claw back some of that land by expanding community ownership and giving more power to tenant farmers and smaller landholders.
—Robert Ormerod, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
These laws preserved large landholders’ power and profit margins by fixing property tax assessments and rates at ridiculously low levels and removing local authorities’ ability to change them.
—Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
But in numerous cases, landholders were not exactly fat cats.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The new bill in parliament aims to claw back some of that land by expanding community ownership and giving more power to tenant farmers and smaller landholders.
—Robert Ormerod, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
These laws preserved large landholders’ power and profit margins by fixing property tax assessments and rates at ridiculously low levels and removing local authorities’ ability to change them.
—Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Landholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landholder. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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