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What parts of this contract do you think caused the sharecroppers to be in debt to plantation owners?

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The whole system was broken, and it would take decades for it to be fixed.
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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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