Also known as: Métayage, metayage, de moitié, demwatye, sharecropping in Haiti
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History treats métayage as central to the Pétion-era republic: less coercive than Christophe's northern system, but still an effort to preserve export production through dependent rural labor.
Alexandre Pétion
Counter Plantation System
Fermage System
Land Reform
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