As a Substitute for the Wage-Incentive System, Slaveowners Most Often

question 66

Multiple Choice

As a substitute for the wage-incentive system, slaveowners most often used the

• A) promise of eventual freedom.
• B) reward of some legal rights.
• C) the promise to slaves of a grant of private property to do tenant farming after a period of years of bondage.
• D) whip as a motivator.
• E) threat of death.

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