Which Statement Is True About Slave Families

question 153

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about slave families?

• A) Slave families were in constant danger of being broken apart by the slaveowners through the sale of family members.
• B) Slave families mirrored kinship patterns among whites.
• C) Slave families were more often headed by men than white families, due to slaveowners' selling family members.
• D) The family was not central to slave culture.
• E) Slave families were more patriarchal than white families.

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