Question

most emancipated african - americans who remained on their former plantations worked as what? blacksmiths sharecroppers mechanics

Explanation:

After emancipation, many formerly - enslaved African - Americans who stayed on their former plantations became sharecroppers. Sharecropping was a system where they farmed the land in exchange for a share of the crop. Blacksmiths and mechanics were not the most common occupations for those remaining on plantations.

Answer:

B. sharecroppers