Which Belief Would Be Typical of a Paternalistic Slave Owner

question 112

Multiple Choice

Which belief would be typical of a paternalistic slave owner in the nineteenth century?

• A) Slaves should be formally married in a church.
• B) Slaves would be lost without the care and guidance of their owners.
• C) Slave women should be excused from work while they were pregnant or had small children.
• D) Slaves should be taught to read the Bible.
• E) Slave children should attend planation schools until the age of ten.

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