In the United States
A tenant farmer is one who resides on and farms land owned by a landlord.
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It was not their own land
Mexican Government helped farmers gain land of their own by making a new constitution that promised ways to distribute land equally. The Government broke up the giant haciendas. A lot of the land was divided among small farmers or giving to a community farm owned by all the villagers together.
If you own land, you work for yourself and you can lease the land to tenants. If you don't own the land, you work for the people who do own the land. Land ownership is important to everyone who wants to be their own boss.
They shared their profits with the plantation owner.
farmers spent most of their time on or near their land