Question

What was the main way that African-American farmers got out of the debt that they are incurred as sharecroppers? A.) they grew a variety of crops to guard against crop failure.
B.) they pooled their crops to get a higher price after harvest.
C.) they fled to the north and west to leave their debts behind.
D.) they work in factories to earn extra wages to pay off their debts.

Answer 1

Most of the whole point was that the masters could keep them in debt as long as they wanted, and not let them keep the land. People who participated in this system could get out of debt by fleeing to the north and west to leave their debts behind.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is C) they fled to the north and west to leave their debts behind.

The main way that African-American farmers got out of the debt that they had incurred as sharecroppers was that they fled to the north and west to leave their debts behind.

Black farmers were in big debt and had no money to repay the debt. That is why many farmers decided to travel to the northern states in order to get some jobs in the factories. Manufacturing plants were growing and offered low pay jobs under unhealthy conditions, but that represented a good option for many African American farmers to gey some money, feed their families and tried to repay some of their large debts.