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The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"I told him I thought that every man,when he was free,could have his rights and protect [himself].He said,"The colored people could never protect themselves among the white people.So you had all better stay with the white people who raised you and make contracts with them to work by the year for one-fifth of all you make.And next year you can get one-third,and the next you maybe work for one-half you make.We have contracts for you all to sign,to work for one-twentieth you make from now until the crop is ended,and then next year you all can make another crop and get more of it.""
Senate Report 693,46th Congress,2nd Session,1880
-The farming conditions,as described in the excerpt,


A) returned Southern cotton to "king" again.
B) created an indebtedness of the farmer to the landlord that lasted for several years.
C) provided the need for workers to pick an abundant crop of cotton.
D) gave the farmer choices as to whom to work for.

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