sharecrop
verb
share·crop
ˈsher-ˌkräp 
sharecropped; sharecropping; sharecrops
: to farm as a sharecropper
: to farm (land) or produce (a crop) as a sharecropper
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Farm labor was restricted to the sharecropping system, which resembled slavery.
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Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2023
Her parents, whose families both have histories in sharecropping in the South, were high school teachers.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2023
My grandmother, who left school after fourth grade to sharecrop Georgia fields, is 46 and has already spent more than two thirds of her life cleaning white people’s homes.
—Hafizah Augustus Geter, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2023
Most of that Southern land returned to white owners, who allowed former slaves to sharecrop for pennies on the dollar.
—Stephanie Toone, ajc, 19 Oct. 2020
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Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2023
Her parents, whose families both have histories in sharecropping in the South, were high school teachers.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2023
My grandmother, who left school after fourth grade to sharecrop Georgia fields, is 46 and has already spent more than two thirds of her life cleaning white people’s homes.
—Hafizah Augustus Geter, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2023
Most of that Southern land returned to white owners, who allowed former slaves to sharecrop for pennies on the dollar.
—Stephanie Toone, ajc, 19 Oct. 2020
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“Sharecrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharecrop. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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sharecrop
verb
share·crop
ˈshe(ə)r-ˌkräp
ˈsha(ə)r-
sharecropped; sharecropping
: to farm or produce as a sharecropper
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