History · American History
In the post-Civil War American South, what typically happened to sharecroppers once they fell into a debt trap with landowners?
- 1They were legally and practically prohibited from leaving the landowner's property until the debt was cleared.✓
- 2They easily migrated to neighboring western territories with state-sponsored relocation assistance.
- 3The sharecroppers were legally required to work entirely without food or clothing rations.
- 4The landowners legally took their children as collateral until the debt was paid.
Correct answer
They were legally and practically prohibited from leaving the landowner's property until the debt was cleared.
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