What Was a "Crop Lien

What was a "crop lien"?

A) Merchants, in exchange for goods and products needed at a general store, would have a legal claim to part of the black family's crop.
B) These were crops planted in an African style, leaning against a fence.White farmers frequently thought black agricultural techniques were inefficient and backwards.
C) This was the use of a year's crop to pay a gambling debt.
D) It meant that crops were used to get a loan from a bank.