Which statement best compares slavery and sharecropping?
a. both systems tied laborers to the land, keeping laborers economically dependent on landowners.
b. both systems tied laborers to the land, but sharecropping allowed laborers to save money.
c. slavery tied laborers to the land, while sharecropping allowed laborers to become independent farmers.
d. slavery kept laborers dependent, while sharecropping formerly enslaved people gain equality.