Sharecroppers in the American South often incurred substantial debt to landowners during bad harvest years or periods of low commodity prices, such as when cotton prices fell in the 1880s and 1890s.

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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
• American South location