Examine Map 6

question 48

Multiple Choice

Examine Map 6.4 in your textbook.Why did the Upper South contain many free blacks?

• A) Slaves in the Upper South were freed often by their masters.
• B) Free blacks in the Upper South were recruited by whites to process the massive cotton harvest.
• C) Free blacks concentrated in the Upper South to be closer to southern whites.
• D) Free blacks wanted to assist in the capture of escaped slaves in the Upper South.

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