Which group in the south was least likely to prosper after the war?

The Sharecroppers farmers in the south will like not prosper after the war.

Explanation:

The Sharecroppers are farmers in the south. They are farmers who engage in giving out land as rent to large farmers who engage in plantation farming; the farmers in return give them part of their produce as compensation for the land rented.

However, they are the least like to proper after the war because most of the head of families of all these sharecroppers have been killed during the war with lots of diseases infections.