During Reconstruction, the system of sharecropping was least beneficial to d. sharecroppers.
Sharecroppers were mostly impoverished farmers, often formerly enslaved individuals, who worked the land in exchange for a share of the crops. They faced significant challenges, including high levels of debt and lack of access to resources, making it difficult for them to improve their economic situation. In contrast, bankers, merchants, and landowners generally benefited from the system at the expense of sharecroppers.