The sharecropping system was supported by
A) laws that prevented African Americans from owning land
B) policies that discouraged African Americans from working for wages
C) police officers who enforced racial segregation
D) political corruption that prevented African American landownershi
Ans: A) laws that prevented African Americans from owning land
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