Question

Sharecroppers paid their landowners by ?

Answer 1

Sharecroppers paid their landowners by giving a portion of the crops they produced on the land. In this system, sharecroppers would work the land and, after harvesting, they would split the crop yield with the landowner, usually keeping a share for themselves and giving the rest to the owner as payment for the use of the land and any supplied tools or resources. This arrangement often left sharecroppers in a cycle of debt and dependency, as expenses for seeds, rent, and other necessities could sometimes exceed their share of the crop.