______ is the system, common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, by which farmers would be lent land and equipment in exchange for part of the profits.

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Sharecropping was a system where farmers (usually African Americans in the South after the Civil War) would be given land and equipment by a landowner in exchange for a share of their crop profits. It was a way to avoid paying wages and keep labor costs down.

______ Is the System, Common in the Late Nineteenth and Early