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• Sharecropping — is a system of agriculture or agricultural production in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land (e.g., 50 percent of the crop). This should not be confused with a crop fixed rent… …   Wikipedia

• Tenant farmer — A tenant farmer is one who resides on and farms land owned by a landlord. Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management; while tenant farmers… …   Wikipedia

• tenant farming — Agricultural system in which landowners rent their land to farmers and receive either cash or a share of the product in return. Landowners may also contribute operating capital and management. Under one arrangement, known as sharecropping, the… …   Universalium

• Sharecropping — Baumwoll Sharecroppers bei der Arbeit 1941 Als Naturalpacht oder Sharecropping wird ein System landwirtschaftlicher Produktion bezeichnet, bei dem ein Landbesitzer einem Pächter oder Sharecropper erlaubt, ein Stück Land zu bewirtschaften und im… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• sharecropping — noun The act of being a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, who farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops …   Wiktionary

• sharecropping — n. tenant farming, paying for rented farmland with a portion of one s cropsv. farm land as a sharecropper …   English contemporary dictionary

• sharecropping — Type of agricultural arrangement in which the landowner leases land and equipment to tenant or sharecropper who, in turn, gives to the landlord a percentage of the crops as rent …   Black's law dictionary

• South, the — ▪ region, United States  region, southeastern United States, generally though not exclusively considered to be south of the Mason and Dixon Line, the Ohio River, and the 36°30′ parallel. As defined by the U.S. federal government, it includes… …   Universalium

• Amhara people — Infobox Ethnic group group=Amhara poptime=20,176,300 popplace= Ethiopia: 20,909,000Fact|date=January 2008 Eritrea: 26,000Fact|date=January 2008 Egypt: 5,200Fact|date=January 2008 Germany: 5,700Fact|date=January 2008 Israel:… …   Wikipedia

• Metayage — Contract for metayage, papyrus, 35th year of Amasis II (533 BC, 26th Dynasty) The Metayage system (Fr. métayage) is the cultivation of land for a proprietor by one who receives a proportion of the produce, as a kind of sharecropping. Cont …   Wikipedia

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium