sharecrop

share·crop | \ ˈsher-ˌkräp

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sharecropped; sharecropping; sharecrops

Definition of sharecrop

intransitive verb

: to farm as a sharecropper

transitive verb

: to farm (land) or produce (a crop) as a sharecropper

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Recent Examples on the Web The history of this great nation is rife with methods to disenfranchise people of color — from sharecropping to segregation to redlining to predatory lending. — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, "2 Oakland moms take radical stand in battle for housing," 9 Jan. 2020 The union-run facility is spread over 265 acres of previous farmland on Foley Road that was sharecropped by two families many years ago. — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, "A Year in Review: 2019 brought promised progress," 31 Dec. 2019 Born on a sharecropping farm, Mr. Lewis has spent his life fighting for racial integration and civil rights, rising through the ranks of the civil rights movement before taking office. — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, "John Lewis, Congressman and Civil Rights Icon, Has Pancreatic Cancer," 29 Dec. 2019 Matt Bowman, a Navy veteran who started the Round O vineyard on his family’s fifth-generation farm, walked Buttigieg around the property, telling the story of how his family went from sharecropping to creating a successful business of their own. — Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, "Pete Buttigieg is polling at 0% with black voters in South Carolina. Here’s how he’s rebooting his 2020 approach to win them over.," 5 Dec. 2019 Lowndes County is part of the Black Belt—the swathe of land named for its fertile topsoil which produced vast amounts of cotton on the back of slave labour and, later, sharecropping, and where emancipated black workers farmed rented land. — The Economist, "RacePoverty in America continues to affect people of colour most," 26 Sep. 2019 Like Glen Campbell, Webb’s family business was sharecropping. — Longreads, "The Story of Country Music’s Great Songwriting Duo," 3 Sep. 2019 But her father, Marion, was determined to end the legacy of sharecropping in his family. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "Black Women Can’t Bridge the Gender Gap Alone: raceAhead," 22 Aug. 2019 Not all cotton farms had slaves; Newby said his family didn’t own slaves, while McMichen said his family began working in the fields during sharecropping days, after the slave era. — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al.com, "Cotton, once king in Alabama, still rules on these family farms," 14 July 2019

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20 Jan 2020

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“Sharecrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharecrop. Accessed 22 Feb. 2020.

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