Tenant farming and sharecropping often lead to cycles of poverty and debt for farmers, as they typically have to pay high rents or share a significant portion of their crops with landowners. This system can create dependency, limiting farmers' ability to invest in their own land or improve their economic situation. Additionally, the lack of ownership can discourage long-term agricultural investment and sustainable practices, perpetuating poor living conditions and economic instability. The arrangement can also lead to exploitation and inequities in wealth distribution between landowners and farmers.
They extended social problems and lack of equality after the end of slavery
sharecropping
Tenant Farming also called Sharecropping came about in 1865 in the United States.
tenant farming
Exended social problems
Both tenant farming and sharecropping were agricultural systems prevalent in the southern United States after the Civil War. Both involved renting land to work and paying a portion of the harvest as a form of payment to the landowner. However, in sharecropping, the tenant typically received a share of the harvest, while in tenant farming, the tenant paid rent in cash or crops.
Sharecropping is a system of agriculture or agricultural production in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land. A tenant farmer is one who resides on and farms land owned by a landlord.
There is no antonym for sharecropping as far as I know.
The landowners both had former slaves and poor whites working for them.
White supremacy
Tenant and Sharecropping
Sharecropping and tenant farming developed to replace slavery