Why did African Americans prefer sharecropping to wage labor?
A. Sharecropping placed blacks on equal footing with whites.
B. Most black sharecroppers became very wealthy.
C. White landlords provided black sharecroppers with housing for life.
D. Sharecropping freed blacks from the day-to-day supervision of whites.
Answer: D. Sharecropping freed blacks from the day-to-day supervision of whites.
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