Once in debt, sharecroppers in the American South were legally forbidden from leaving the landowner's property until the debt was paid, effectively placing them in a state of slavery to 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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