Why Did White Southerners Fear the Presence of Free Blacks

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why did white Southerners fear the presence of free blacks in their midst?

• A) Free blacks challenged the basic assumption that white equaled freedom and black equaled slavery.
• B) Free blacks had the same legal rights as whites.
• C) Free blacks were constantly involved in leading slave rebellions.
• D) By 1860, free blacks had become the largest group in southern society.

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