sharecroppers

plural of sharecropper
as in homesteaders
a farmer especially in the southern U.S. who raises crops for the owner of a piece of land and is paid a portion of the money from the sale of the crops grew up the child of a poor sharecropper

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Recent Examples of sharecroppers Shuttling between past and present, Simpson traces her mother’s hardscrabble journey as the daughter of North Carolina sharecroppers who excels in school and becomes a teacher, then a mother, then a single mother of two. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025 Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers. Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The story centers on Coleman’s journey from growing up in a family of Texas sharecroppers with 13 children to becoming the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license. Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025 In fact, along with sharecroppers seeking new opportunities, many Black city-dwellers likewise moved north and west to escape Jim Crow. Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • Americans who buy a house tend to think like homesteaders.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
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    Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • Despite being legal, the illicit market is thriving, with only 38% of the cannabis consumed in California coming from licensed growers, according to a 2024 report released by the state Department of Cannabis Control.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Pressures in the farm economy may draw more growers to seek similar incentive programs, Richter said, noting the strong attendance of an informational meeting hosted by The Nature Conservancy in August.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Williams also recommends updating old containers and planters by adding fresh plantings or simple ferns.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Some attendees were seasoned native planters.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Sharecroppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecroppers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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