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a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land
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Sharecropping was a common agricultural system in the southern United States after the Civil War.
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My great-grandparents used to do sharecropping on a farm in Mississippi.
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Sharecropping was a tough gig back in the day.
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In a way, social media influencers are like modern-day sharecroppers, working for exposure and likes instead of a guaranteed income.