Talk:Sharecropping/Archives/2013

Resolution
We definitely don't have a consensus to rename sharecropping to sharefarming, so let's not. However, as a compromise, I think there is enough support from this discussion to being populating the Sharefarming article with some summary information and links to Sharecropping and Sharemilking. It may largely function as a disambiguation page, but this is important because regardless of google hits, "sharefarming" is a term in it's own right. How much "sharefarming" differs from "sharecropping" remains to be seen. Lisa 03:02, 11 September 2005aq (UTC)

Based on the discussion about sharefarming and sharecropping above, I have created an article on sharefarming. It is a kind of parent article of sharecropping and sharemilking. Also, if not for the USA popularisation of sharecropping, I think sharefarming would be the more used term as it is more generic. &mdash; User:Donama 02:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Strong POV Problem
This article badly needs a POV tag. The introduction opens not with a description of how sharecropping can help small farm owners who can't afford expensive harvesting equipment, or how it can help workers to afford their equipment by processing other people's land, but with a very negative description of the concept. The first paragraph includes inflammatory words like "exploitative," "serfdom," and "indenture," and the article makes repeated reference to disparities in wealth. In reality (at least in the U.S.), the relative wealth of the two parties is often similar. I had a sharecrop arrangement on my property for five years, and the market value of my property was equivalent to the value of the equipment the sharecropper (he used the term "custom hayer") owned. I don't know enough about the history to rewrite it myself, but I'd like to see all of the negativity moved to a "history" subsection, and the introduction done in a more balanced way that includes modern sharecropping.Gary D Robson 16:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Since we bring up the subtopic of abuses, I do believe it would be irresponsible for us to not have a section devoted to the abuses and frauds that frequently occur, as well as descriptions of how those abuses function. Sweetfreek (talk) 01:32, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

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 * everybody eats and drinks but most sharecroppers in the US grew primarily cotton. so it does NOT belong in the food and drink category.Rjensen (talk) 06:41, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

There is a tendency to use the word "sharecropper" when what is meant is simply "tenant farmer", a person who pays for the use of the land but provides all his own implements and machinery and is not forwarded any supplies or money by the landlord. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.233.141.16 (talk) 04:55, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Incorrectly formatted internal citation
Could someone more knowledgeable in Wikicode than I fix this section? "billy Long Before they Called It Rock and Roll by Jerry Naylor and Steve Halliday DVD [10]" TJSwoboda (talk) 01:40, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

This had to do with the great depression. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.184.198.1 (talk) 18:56, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

added book to Further reading section
I added a book; Davis, Ronald L. F. Good and Faithful Labor: From Slavery to Sharecropping in the Natchez District, 1860-1890 Westport, connecticut, Greenwood Press, 1982. There are few,if any books dealing with the page topic in that section. Shane505 (talk) 18:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

added yet another book to further reading seciton
I added yet another book dealing with Sharecropping in the Deep South of the United States. Michael Wayne The Reshaping of Plantation Society: The Natchez District, 1860-1880 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press, 1983. Shane505 (talk) 18:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

added Natchez, Mississippi, as a place that has attracted scholars of Sharecropping
I added a short paragraph on Natchez, the seat of Adams County, Mississippi as a place that has attracted the interest of scholars on the rise and nature of Sharecropping. This is due to the intact court records of the cotton trading Gentry. Shane505 (talk) 01:14, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Added link to wki page on Natchez, Mississippi
I added a wki hot link on the city of Natchez, Mississippi. Shane505 (talk) 01:23, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

recent undo of referenced material deletion 12.9.2013
That article does in fact exist as titled, and does belong where it is. Steve Pastor (talk) 00:10, 10 December 2013 (UTC)