"Sharecropping" means
A. borrowing against a future crop in order to obtain seed.
B. organizing a farm as a corporation to gain tax advantages.
C. returning a fraction of the harvest to the landowner as rent.
D. planting two separate crops (e.g. cotton and beans) in the same field.
Answer: C
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