Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

a) sharecropping offered formerly enslaved people an equal opportunity to participate in the southern economy.

b)sharecropping gave formerly enslaved people the upper hand in the agricultural south.

c)sharecropping offered northerners an opportunity to relocate to the south and start their own farms.

d)sharecropping gave white landowners the upper hand and economic dominance in southern society.