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The people working on the property, do not own the land. They do all the work, and the owners get most of the money. There is a contract for share cropping in which the people working on the land are not allowed to stop their work because they most likely owe money to the real owners of the land. Therefore these people work against their own free will and are slaves.

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Sharecropping is often considered a form of slavery because it involved tenants, often former slaves, who worked the land but were heavily indebted to landowners and had little control over their own lives. The system perpetuated a cycle of economic dependence and exploitation, keeping sharecroppers in a state of poverty and servitude similar to slavery. Landowners often wielded significant power over sharecroppers, dictating terms of labor and taking advantage of their vulnerable position.

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