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A Dictionary of American History
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Rack-Renting
Rack-Renting This was the practice of raising the price of leases on tenancies to their maximum level when they came due for periodic renewal. Tenants who could not afford the new rate were thrown off the land. Ruthless use of Rack-Renting in Ulster after 1730 stimulated a large Scotch-Irish immigration to the thirteen colonies.
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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Rack-Renting," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YDEIIEFNNJQJWJV.
MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Rack-Renting." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YDEIIEFNNJQJWJV.
Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Rack-Renting' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YDEIIEFNNJQJWJV.
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