tenant farmer

Example Sentences

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The son of a tenant farmer, Walker and his family worried that an injury in his senior year could jeopardize his professional career and the millions of dollars awaiting him there.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2022

When my mother told me that my grandfather grew up as a tenant farmer, I could drive past cotton fields in Alabama and imagine what his life was like.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Rob Hayward, a tenant farmer and former Conservative councillor, has farmed on these fields for generations.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2021

In April 1930, as the Great Depression descended, a White tenant farmer named Drew Farlow hired George Hughes to work his rented farm in Luella, about seven miles from Sherman.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2021

The youth was visiting his uncle, Mose Wright, a tenant farmer.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe