A Major Reason for the Reduction in the Number of Slave

question 90

Multiple Choice

A major reason for the reduction in the number of slave owners in the South prior to the Civil War was __________.

• A) the rapidly increasing price of slaves
• B) an increasing mortality rate
• C) a rapid decline in slave birthrates
• D) the abolition of slave markets in the United States

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