African Americans in the post-Civil War American South faced limited options due to racism and the legacy of slavery, and because they represented the bulk of Southern sharecroppers, they were particularly vulnerable to debt slavery.

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  Debt slavery | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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• Debt slavery | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica www.britannica.com Britannica via serper

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