Farming land that was owned by someone else.
farming land that was owned by someone else
That is true, some people did.
Invariably they were forced to abandon those possessions and lost them - making them even more poor than they were before.
The seigneurs rented their land to tenant farmers.
rented the land they farmed
because many farmers sold their land to aristocrats and became tenant farmers.!!!
A tenant farmer
John Steinbeck's novel about tenant farmers during the Great Depression is "The Grapes of Wrath." It tells the story of the Joad family, who are forced to leave their farm in Oklahoma due to economic hardships and travel to California in search of a better life. The novel focuses on themes of poverty, labor exploitation, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Farmers without enslaved people were typically called free farmers or tenant farmers. These individuals would either own their land or rent it from a landlord in order to cultivate crops or raise livestock.
Invariably they were forced to abandon those possessions and lost them - making them even more poor than they were before.
That the farmers must leave
tenant farmers
Tenant farmers used their own tools and animals
Tenant farmers grew a large variety of crops.
Tenant farmers used their own tools and animals
Southern Tenant Farmers Union was created in 1934.
The seigneurs rented their land to tenant farmers.
new netherlands
Tenant farmers were different from sharecroppers because they usually had their own tools and animals.