USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -tenant farmer in American English a person who farms land owned by another and pays rent in cash or in a share of the crops.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management, while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of capital and management.

Detailed explanation-3: -The tenure system based on leasehold is as an ownership over a land for a temporary period in order to hold a land. In this tenure system, the tenants can hold the right over the land by some form of title from a particular landlord.

Detailed explanation-4: -In tenant farming, tenants live in the same land and engage in agricultural practices for a given period, and finally get their payments as money, fixed amount of crop, or in combination. In the case of sharecropping, tenant receives his portion as a share. He has to give a share to the landowner, which is pre decided.