Please explain these two paragraphs.
Presently, the landlords learned that Germany had developed synthetic indigo. They, thereupon, obtained agreements from the sharecroppers to pay them compensation for being released from the 15 per cent arrangement.
The sharecropping arrangement was irksome to the peasants, and may signed willingly. Those who resisted engaged lawyers; the landlord hired thugs. Meanwhile the information about synthetic indigo reached the illiterate peasants who has signed, and they wanted their money back.
Answers
In the paragraph, it is mentioned that when the landlords got to know about Indigo production, they demanded compensation from the peasants.
Some of the peasant reluctantly agreed while some of them hired lawyers to challenge this.
In response, the landlords hired thugs to force the peasants to sign the agreement.
In the paragraph, they are talking about the landlords learning about the development of synthetic indigo.
It can be obtained with the agreement on the basis on the basis of sharecroppers by Germany.
They used to pay compensation to make sure that it is released.
However, this arrangement was not deal who signed it.
But who used to voice it against law then thugs were hired. When the synthetic indigo related was out, peasants started to claim their money.