The method of agriculture in which the landowner provided use of land in exchange for a portion of the crop produced was called

My answer to the question is Sharecropping.

answer; /// the correct answer to the above statement is (a) because of the decline on native american labor forces;

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."