After Laws Were Passed in 1807 Making the Importation of Slaves

question 14

Multiple Choice

After laws were passed in 1807 making the importation of slaves illegal,

• A)slavers continued to smuggle new slaves from Africa into the American South often bribing officials to ignore violations of the law.
• B)African American women in the deep South with large,cotton plantations were required to bear large numbers of children.
• C)African American women in border states without large cotton plantations were required to bear large numbers of children.
• D)plantation owners increasingly used the labor of poorly-paid whites.

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