"<span>b. Most African American sharecroppers ended each year owing money to the landlord, thus preventing them from leaving the land" is the best answer from the list. </span>
Upon their arrival in Independence, Missouri in the fall of 1840, the Wheeler family remained there during the winter before joining a California-bound wagon train led by one Stephen Hoxie (Beau Bridges) in the spring of 1841. Surprisingly, only Thunder Heart Woman seemed reluctant to leave Missouri.
