Which of the Following Statements About the Lease System Is

question 74

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the lease system is true?

• A) Prisoners received pay for their labors.
• B) Prisoners signed agreements to work for a set amount of time that was generally shorter than the jail time they had received.
• C) The lease system was primarily employed in densely settled areas of the United States.
• D) The death rate of prisoners under this system was very low.
• E) Because businesses rented the labor of these prisoners, they were never considered slaves.

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