African Americans without their own property most often
a) were given "40 acres and a mule" if they filled out an application with the U.S. government.
b) worked hard and purchased small plots of land for their families.
c) became politically active.
d) rebelled against white authority and sexually abused white women.
e) were trapped in cycles of debt by borrowing from plantation owners.
e
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