Question

Landowners' efforts to keep sharecroppers in debt were designed to

a. establish the credit of the freedman.
provide them with extravagant provisions.
C. keep them on their land like slaves.
d.
serve as benevolent creditors.

Answer 1

C.

Step-by-step explanation:

'From Slaves to Sharecroppers' is an article written by Leigh Dekle. The article talks about the jobs of former slaves.

In the article, the author talks about how landowners' kept sharecroppers in debt. They kept sharecroppers in debt to keep them on their land as slaves. The sharecroppers were mistreated by the landowners and kept in debt by selling seeds at higher prices.

Therefore, option C is correct.