How Did the American Slave Population Grow from 700,000 in 1790

question 89

Multiple Choice

How did the American slave population grow from 700,000 in 1790 to more than 4 million in 1860?

• A) primarily from natural increase, through births in the slave community
• B) from increased slave imports directly from Africa
• C) from slave imports from the Caribbean and South America
• D) through enslaving millions of Indians and adding them to the slave population

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