What positive impact did sharecropping have on African American lives? • Most families had plenty to eat.
Most families lived in their own cabins.
Children were able to attend school.
Debt usually lessened each year.

Me a slaveowner who worked a slave to death or be a slave to death, a. cannot be tried for murder in criminal court but could be sued for wrongful death in the civil court b. cannot be tried in court because there was no law against the mistreatment of slaves. c. could have his form or plantation confiscated by the state and sold to the highest bidder. d. could be tried for murder in most southern states.