Was he a sharecropper?

他是个佃农？

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He wanted to own her as wildly as a miser wants to own gold COINS, as hungrily as a sharecropper wants to own his own land.

他想要占有她，如疯似癫得就像守财奴想要占有金市一样，如饥似渴得就像二地主想要占有耕地一样。

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When the Supreme Court in 1954 announced the desegregation of America's schools Mr Shuttlesworth felt that he, the son of a sharecropper, stood equal in rights with any man.

当1954年最高法院宣布废除美国学校的种族隔离制度时，沙特尔斯沃思感觉，作为一个佃农的儿子，他和任何人一样都拥有平等的权利。

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My mother and her family moved 14 times in 16 years while she grew up as a sharecropper.

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With no formal education, he busied himself as a sharecropper and day-labourer, working on railways and in mines until the Depression hit.

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But yeah, I think, Ed, you're absolutely right, is that like Curt Flood said, you know, he was kind of like a sharecropper, you know.

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