Why Did the Number of Slaves in America Increase from 1776

question 54

Multiple Choice

Why did the number of slaves in America increase from 1776 to 1790?

• A) America successfully repatriated nearly all slaves freed by the British during the war.
• B) Christian sects such as the Quakers promoted a "God-given duty" to own and Christianize slaves.
• C) Slavery survived the War of Independence, and the slave population naturally increased.
• D) Increased wealth in the North enabled more people to buy slaves there than in the South.
• E) There was not yet a sizeable free black population in the United States.

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