What Was the Problem with the Labor Contracts for Many

question 71

Multiple Choice

What was the problem with the labor contracts for many blacks?

• A) There were few problems because of the beneficial attitudes of many Freedmen's Bureau workers.
• B) They were rarely done voluntarily or on an equal basis with white employers.
• C) Blacks refused to sign them, thinking that whites were trying to trick them into slavery again.
• D) White landowners simply refused to obey their terms of contracts.

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