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title: "Why was the crop lien system bad for small farmers?"  
description: "Why was the crop lien system bad for small farmers?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-04-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41117/why-was-the-crop-lien-system-bad-for-small-farmers  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["worker exploitation in america", "usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the crop lien system bad for small farmers? 

Why was the [crop](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32258/under-whose-chairmanship-a-regional-project-on-climate-resilience-building-among-farmers-through-crop-residue-management-has-launched) lien [system](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33266/how-does-the-decision-review-system-drs-in-cricket-work) bad for small farmers? \
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