How Is the White Response to the Vesey Conspiracy an Example

question 23

Multiple Choice

How is the white response to the Vesey conspiracy an example of slaveholder paranoia?

• A) After the revolt, local whites jailed free black seamen while in port.
• B) After the revolt, local whites banned slavery in Charleston.
• C) After the revolt, local whites murdered 300 free black people.
• D) After the revolt, local whites expelled the state's free black population.

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