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well workers got a place to live on and crops to plant for food, they were paid too but not as much as the landowners

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in return, the farmer gave the landowner a share of crop. Landowners often loaned sharecroppers tools and seeds as well

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Well the white land owners would rent their land for money. Since they couldn't keep slaves they rented out their land for a profit, PLUS the sharecroppers tended the land.

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Two advantages are getting half the price of the sold crop and getting to pick the crop(s) that are grew and sold .

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Q: What benefits did landowners and poor farmers get from sharecropping?
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