Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

Sharecropping was a system in which farmers worked land owned by someone else and paid rent with part of their crop. Formerly enslaved people often had little access to land or credit, leaving them deeply indebted and dependent on white landowners. This allowed landowners to maintain economic power in the South, so the best choice is “Sharecropping gave white landowners the upper hand and economic dominance in Southern society.”

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