Immediately following the American Civil War, financially distressed landowners would rent land to African American sharecroppers, secure their debt and labor, and then drive them away just before the harvest to avoid paying them.

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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