Which of the following statements accurately describes the sharecropping system?

A) Sharecroppers rented land and split the crops with the plantation owner.
B) As the years went on, sharecropping became a less oppressive system.
C) Most sharecropping families prospered and soon owned land of their own.
D) Every census from 1880 to 1940 counted more black than white sharecroppers.
E) A far higher percentage of white than black farmers in the South rented land rather than owned it.

Sharecropping System

A form of agriculture where a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land, prevalent in the post-Civil War South.

Plantation Owner

An individual who owns a large agricultural estate primarily worked by enslaved people or laborers, historically significant in the context of slavery and colonialism.

Prosperous Families

Families that have achieved a high level of wealth, success, and well-being, often contributing significantly to their communities or society at large.