An indebted sharecropper in the American South could attempt to pay off debt by continuing to work for the same landowner for the next harvest or by beginning to farm for a different landowner with the debt incorporated into the new contract.

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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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