What was a typical characteristic of sharecropping for blacks?
A) Blacks generally could dispute the landowner's valuation of crops or goods.
B) Black men were forced to accept the white man's word in disputes over crop prices or the value of goods provided to the sharecroppers.
C) Cotton brokers and gin owners paid equal prices to blacks and to whites for cotton.
D) Contracts had to be written and had to be filed in court.
Answer: B
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