After civil war the slaves that were released needed jobs so they worked as share copers by keeping up the fields for the owner and they would either be paid or get a certain amount of the crop.
Booker T. Washington spent his early childhood in slavery. Following emancipation, Washington (like many Blacks) felt that an education was the best way to improve his living standards, so he wanted to educate himself to improve his life.
B. The ottomans promoted free trade on the silk road
Some consider it to be racist
