The statement best describes how the setting influences the development of the plot and characters in this short story is African Americans were poor and performed manual labor on farms owned by white people.
<h3>Who are African American?</h3>
African Americans are the dibreed people, which are a breed of African and American species.
Africans were brought in America for labor purpose, from there they were introduced in America and their population increased.
Thus, the correct option is C.
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