Which of the Following Statements BEST Characterizes the Experience of Blacks

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements BEST characterizes the experience of blacks in Dutch New Netherland?

• A)Although Dutch authorities granted some liberties to black settlers,their worries about possible uprisings led them to bar black men from the militia.
• B)Although conditions for black settlers in New Netherland were harsh at first,racial boundaries gradually disintegrated as the seventeenth century progressed.
• C)Blacks in New Netherland participated broadly in colonial society,attending Dutch churches and seeking redress through Dutch courts.
• D)Since most black slaves worked on the vast agricultural fields of the Hudson Valley and had little direct contact with whites,blacks in New Netherland retained a distinct African identity.

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