I need help.During the Plantation Era of the late 1700s and early 1800s horses were used as livestock and work animals on the island. By the Civil War, it is believed that most horses were removed, with animals used for meat and subsistence by soldiers and freed-men.

Based on this text, what can readers correctly infer about conditions leading up to and during the Civil War period?
a. fewer people wanted to keep horses.
b. horses were less useful at that time.
c. life became much harder for people.
d. the island was no longer inhabited.

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I need help.During the Plantation Era of the late 1700s and early 1800s horses were used as livestock and work animals on the island. By the Civil War, it is believed that most horses were removed, with animals used for meat and subsistence by soldiers and freed-men. 

Based on this text, what can readers correctly infer about conditions leading up to and during the Civil War period? 
a. fewer people wanted to keep horses. 
b. horses were less useful at that time.
c. life became much harder for people.
d. the island was no longer inhabited.