Answer:
The “Reconstruction Amendments” passed by Congress between 1865 and 1870 abolished slavery, gave black Americans equal protection under the law, and granted suffrage to black men. ... The system of sharecropping allowed blacks a considerable amount of freedom as compared to slavery.
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Answer:
A: Slaves
Explanation:
Slaves were first of all, already poor and not paid at all. So this answer is most likely.