What is true about sharecroppers

sharecropping gave African Americans autonomy in their daily work and social lives, and freed them from the gang-labor system that had dominated during the slavery era, it often resulted in sharecroppers owing more to the landowner for the use of tools and other supplies.

Explained:

Sharecropping is basically ex-slaves using tools from white farmers once slavery was abolished. The only problem was they had to pay for the tools used with money or the crops they grew.