Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

Sharecropping allowed landowners to rent land to farmers in exchange for a share of the crop. Formerly enslaved people often had little money or access to land, so they became indebted to landowners and had limited control over their work and earnings. This system helped white landowners maintain economic dominance in the South, making D the best description.

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