sharecropper
noun
share·crop·per
ˈsher-ˌkrä-pər 
: a tenant farmer especially in the southern U.S. who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges
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The son of sharecroppers in Alabama, his family moved to Detroit in 1926.
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Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024
Born in the 1930s in rural Kentucky, Brashear's parents were sharecroppers in the area around Larue and Hardin counties in the middle of the Jim Crow era — known for its segregation and discriminatory treatment of Black people in America.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 Feb. 2024
No high-ceiling converted small church transformed into a mobile recording space by a young, committed, Alan Lomax-type character, passionate to preserve vanishing sharecropper songs for posterity.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
In 1924, among the thousands of Black Americans moving west was a Texas sharecropper family named Bradley.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
Her father lost his job, her mother struggled to find places that would sell them food, and her grandparents, who were sharecroppers, were evicted.
—A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Parents, 18 Jan. 2024
Bertie Herbert Bowman was born April 12, 1931, in Summerton, S.C., to sharecroppers.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
In a scene shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Gary — who was born to poor Florida sharecroppers and worked his way to becoming so successful he was featured on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous — and O’Keefe have a frank discussion about battling the odds.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
The son of sharecroppers, Mr. Bowman ran away from home at age 13, swept the Capitol steps and then became the longest-serving African American congressional staff member in history.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024
Born in the 1930s in rural Kentucky, Brashear's parents were sharecroppers in the area around Larue and Hardin counties in the middle of the Jim Crow era — known for its segregation and discriminatory treatment of Black people in America.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 Feb. 2024
No high-ceiling converted small church transformed into a mobile recording space by a young, committed, Alan Lomax-type character, passionate to preserve vanishing sharecropper songs for posterity.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
In 1924, among the thousands of Black Americans moving west was a Texas sharecropper family named Bradley.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
Her father lost his job, her mother struggled to find places that would sell them food, and her grandparents, who were sharecroppers, were evicted.
—A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Parents, 18 Jan. 2024
Bertie Herbert Bowman was born April 12, 1931, in Summerton, S.C., to sharecroppers.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
In a scene shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Gary — who was born to poor Florida sharecroppers and worked his way to becoming so successful he was featured on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous — and O’Keefe have a frank discussion about battling the odds.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
The son of sharecroppers, Mr. Bowman ran away from home at age 13, swept the Capitol steps and then became the longest-serving African American congressional staff member in history.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
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sharecropper
noun
share·crop·per
ˈshe(ə)r-ˌkräp-ər
ˈsha(ə)r-
: a farmer who works land for the owner in return for a share of the value of the crop
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