Which statement best compares slavery and sharecropping?
a.Both systems tied laborers to the land, keeping laborers economically dependent on landowners.
b.Both systems tied laborers to the land, but sharecropping allowed laborers to save money.
c.Slavery tied laborers to the land, while sharecropping allowed laborers to become independent farmers.
d.Slavery kept laborers dependent, while sharecropping helped formerly enslaved people gain equality.

Question

Which statement best compares slavery and sharecropping?
a.Both systems tied laborers to the land, keeping laborers economically dependent on landowners.
b.Both systems tied laborers to the land, but sharecropping allowed laborers to save money.
c.Slavery tied laborers to the land, while sharecropping allowed laborers to become independent farmers.
d.Slavery kept laborers dependent, while sharecropping helped formerly enslaved people gain equality.

rushwr · Answer

What do u think the answer is ? and why ?

anonymous · Answer

as far a i can remember they both did not tie labors down to the land.

rushwr · Answer

Yeah and non of them owned a property ! SO what would your answer be ?

anonymous · Answer

d?