[Ads-l] Antedating of "Sharecropping"

[Shapiro, Fred]

sharecropping (OED 1877)

1873 Herald and Mail (Columbia, Tenn.) 19 Sept. 3 / 4 (Newspapers.com)

The farmers have killed the goose to get the egg — have had their lands all ditched, the water runs the nearest route to the rivulets, cause destructive freshets, loss of land and fences.  So much for share cropping.

Fred Shapiro

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