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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Definitions:

British Colonists

Individuals from Britain who settled in various parts of the world, forming colonies that often became the foundation of modern nations.

Restrict Interaction

The act of limiting or controlling engagements or communications between individuals or groups.

Slave Workforce

The use of enslaved individuals as forced laborers, historically practiced in various parts of the world, including in the Americas, until the abolition of slavery.

Slave Conspiracies

Alleged or actual organized secret plots by enslaved people aiming to rebel or escape from slavery, often met with severe repression.