Read the following excerpt from a contract made in 1873 and answer the question below.
. . . Whereas I have received from J A P advances of necessary supplies to enable me to cultivate during the current year A D 1873 on the plantation known as J. Alp P's Plantation in Cane River . . . I hereby acknowledge his lien and privilege on all the crop on said plantation . . .
How did contracts like the one in this excerpt most commonly affect freed men?
They gradually gained financial stability.
They had to relocate to a different farm.
They remained indebted to the land owner.
They eventually earned a portion of the land.
