Question

What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?

Answer 1

Africans American labored in an arrangement that was approximately similar to slavery, is the right answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Debt peonage often necessitated slavery for both more impoverished whites and emancipated slaves alike. The principal economic impact of this system was that people remained feeble; though the African American community was "free," they were seldom worse off bodily than when they survived on plantations where they were served and provided medical facilities, and the lower-class whites were however practically indentured laborers.

Answer 2

African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.