Question

A person (usually former slave) who farmed a leased portion of land during the Reconstruction era. The planter shared a portion of the crop grown as payment for land, rent, and supplies. Often the farmer under agreement was taken advantage of by the land owner.Who is he?

Answer 1

He is a sharecropper.

Step-by-step explanation:

A sharecropper was a farmer who provided part of his crop as a form of payment, either for land, rent or supplies, as explained in the example.

It derives from the term sharecropping, which is a form of agriculture in which an individual is allowed to use part of a landowner's land given that he/she gives part of the crops for payment.