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Back during plantation days did everyone have slaves on them? Or would a person be so inclined get a plot of land and farm it or work it him or herself? (lemmy.world)
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[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

If you could. Lower class people would actually rent land and a % of the profit would go to the landlord. It was called share cropping.