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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.
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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
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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
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Currently, the parcels are farmed under leases that will transfer to the forest preserves.—
Yadira Sanchez Olson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The family started farming peaches in the 1970s, after Johl’s father, Gurbax Johl, immigrated from the Punjab region of India and saved enough to buy land.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Prep the planting spot by tilling the soil to a depth of 10 to 12 inches.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Mar. 2026
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Data center details Heavy construction machines began surveying and tilling the earth at 501 North Bly Road in November, much to the surprise of Bly Road residents, who say they weren’t warned by the city.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Sharecrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecrop. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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