Which Statement Is True About the Founding Fathers and Slavery

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about the founding fathers and slavery?

• A) Only the northern founding fathers owned enslaved people.
• B) All the founding fathers supported the abolition of slavery.
• C) Thomas Paine was a founding father who did not own slaves, unlike many others.
• D) Thomas Jefferson freed all his slaves before he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
• E) Only the southern founding fathers owned enslaved people.

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