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The following sharecrop contract, written in 1882, is an example of a typical contract between sharecropper and landowner. The contract heavily favors the interests of the landowner.; To every one applying to rent land upon shares, the following conditions must be read, and agreed to.
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Sharecropper Contract, 1882; To every one applying to rent land upon shares, the following conditions must be read, and agreed to. 31st day of December. ...for every time he so fails he must pay me five cents. The sale of every cropper's part of the cotton to be made by me when and where I choose to sell,
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1.5 A sharecropper's contract ... The document on this page is a copy of the contract issued by Grimes to his sharecroppers in 1882. ... If you had been a sharecropper, would you have signed this contract? Why or why not? (What alternatives would you have had?) What would you want to change (if you could) about the contract?
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Sharecropping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 th...
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Tenant farmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 operati...
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A Sharecrop Contract, 188 ... To every one applying to rent land upon shares, the following conditions must be read, and agreed to: ... To every 30 and 35 acres, I agree to furnish the team, plow, and farming implements, except cotton planters, and I do not agree to furnish a cart to every cropper.
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What distinguishes this garden from other backyard endeavors, however, is the "sharecropper's contract" that binds landowner and gardener with the produce from the 1,600-square-foot plot.
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This contract made and entered into between A. T. Mial of one part and FennerPowell of the other part both of the County of Wake and State of North Carolina- ... And the Said Mial agrees on his part to furnish mule and feed for the same and all plantation tools and Seed to plant the crop free of charge, and to give...
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Crop rent came from crops at harvest, and cotton or grain hauled to gins and elevators was split according to contract percentages. ... Those who held title to crops could sell all of the commodities without consulting the sharecropper. Sometimes crops were sold to family-owned gins or grain elevators at prices established...
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