Contracts between landowners and sharecroppers typically forbade sharecroppers from saving cotton seeds from their harvest, which forced sharecroppers to increase their debt by purchasing seeds from the landowner.

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  Debt slavery | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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• Debt slavery | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica www.britannica.com Britannica via serper

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• sharecropping concept