sharecrop

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Recent Examples of sharecrop The story of Matilda and her family highlights the horrors of slavery, the abuses of the US South’s sharecropping system, the injustices of segregation and the suffering of black farmers during the Great Depression. Fox News, 27 Mar. 2020 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, 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, 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, 29 Dec. 2019 See All Example Sentences for sharecrop
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  • Many acquired land cheaply not only to farm, but to sell for profit.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
  • Set on just over two lush acres, the secluded property is a landmark in every sense—originally the historic Clover Farm Dairy barn belonging to the Dimon family, who farmed this stretch of Southampton since the early 1800s.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
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  • Both cardboard and newspaper will break down during the growing season and can be tilled under with mulch before the next planting season.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
  • Some pointed to the exceptionally dry conditions in central Illinois this spring even as the fields had been recently tilled.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025

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“Sharecrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecrop. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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