Which of the Following Is True of the American Response

question 118

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the American response to the 1791 uprising in Saint Domingue?

• A) The Adams administration discouraged the independence of black Haiti.
• B) Thomas Jefferson celebrated it as another victory for liberty.
• C) Most white Americans were glad to see France suffer the loss of its colony.
• D) Most enslaved Americans opposed it for fear it would inspire a white crackdown on slave gatherings.
• E) Many white Americans considered it evidence of blacks' unfitness for republican freedom.

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