How Did Slave Communities Respond to the Reality of Separation

question 95

Multiple Choice

How did slave communities respond to the reality of separation as a consequence of the internal slave trade, especially when young children were removed from their parents?

• A) Slave communities attempted to act like larger families that provided a source of comfort for separated children.
• B) Few slaves married and formed families, so the number of enslaved children was not significant.
• C) Slaves would threaten work slow-downs to prevent children and other family members from being sold away from the local slave community.
• D) Slaves responded so violently to separation that few masters dared sell off individual slaves, including children.

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