Which of the Following Statements Describes How Many White Planters

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements describes how many white planters treated slave women?

• A) White planters avoided sexual relations with slave women because they did not want the financial burden of children.
• B) White planters treated slave women respectively so as not to upset the plantation mistress.
• C) Only enslaved mulatto women tended to be sexually abused by white planters.
• D) The rape of slave women was a common practice and sometimes led to their giving birth.
• E) White planters forbid slave men from raping slave women because it was against their moral code.

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