Why Could Someone Argue That the North Was Complicit in the Expansion

question 41

Multiple Choice

Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery?

• A) Many northern states had slaves at one time.
• B) Some slaves ran away to northern states.
• C) Some slaveholders were originally from the North.
• D) Most in the North wanted to reopen the importation of slaves.
• E) Northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased.

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