Working the land for a share of the profits

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Reconstruction
Freedman's Bureau
Amnesty
Share-cropping

Answer 1

The concept you are referring to is "sharecropping." Sharecropping was a system that emerged in the Southern United States after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era. It involved landowners allowing tenants (often freed African American slaves) to work on their land in exchange for a share of the crops produced. This arrangement was intended to provide a means for newly freed individuals to earn a living, but it often resulted in a cycle of debt and poverty, as sharecroppers had to borrow money for supplies and were often taken advantage of by landowners.