Smallholding Definition

smôlhōldiŋ
noun
A relatively small tract of land that is bought or rented for cultivation, sometimes as a source of extra income.
Webster's New World

(US) A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves (generally 19 or less). Contrasted with middling plantation (20-49 slaves) and large plantation (50+ and owned by planters).

"...the larger plantations implemented different crop choices, surveillance strategies, and labor management practices than did smallholdings." (Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South: "Introduction" 8, 2003)
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Noun

Singular:
smallholding
Plural:
smallholdings

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