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Technically, sharecroppers were not slaves. They did not own land so they borrowed land from rich land owners in return for some of the profit. Sharecroppers could plant what they liked, and basically do what they wanted, just as long as the land owner got his fair share of the profit.

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So many sharecroppers lived in poverty because the landlords usually extended the dues of the farmer to outrageous prices, keeping the farmer in an ongoing cycle of poverty.

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sharecroppers often owed landlords more than they made at the end of a year.

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They were too poor to own land and they needed to work.

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