Question

What is the definition of...?

- Tenant farming

- Debt peonage

Answer 1

Tenant farming: An agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW tenant farmers is one who resides on land owned by landlords and contribute their labor along with, at times varying amounts, if capital and management.

Debt peonage: A system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work.

Answer 2

1. 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 contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of capital and management.

2. Peonage, also called debt slavery or debt servitude, is a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work. Legally, peonage was outlawed by Congress in 1867.