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That meant that nearly a million tenant farmers and sharecroppers got kicked off the land.
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Meg Jacobs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
Large tracts such as Brown’s Inheritance were often inhabited by tenant farmers who worked the land for owners who lived elsewhere.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
New York passed the first anti-mask law in 1845 in response to a tenant farmer rebellion that turned violent.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
Even after slavery’s end, the region continued its reliance on oppressed labor – sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and people who had been convicted of crimes.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
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Meg Jacobs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
Large tracts such as Brown’s Inheritance were often inhabited by tenant farmers who worked the land for owners who lived elsewhere.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
New York passed the first anti-mask law in 1845 in response to a tenant farmer rebellion that turned violent.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
Even after slavery’s end, the region continued its reliance on oppressed labor – sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and people who had been convicted of crimes.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
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“Tenant farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant%20farmer. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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