Examine the Image of the Rochester Convention That Appears in Chapter

question 30

Multiple Choice

Examine the image of the Rochester convention that appears in Chapter 10.Why does the artist depict a black man standing with his arm in the air?

• A) to underscore the inferiority of blacks compared to whites in the northern states
• B) to emphasize the southern white desire to expand slavery
• C) to call attention to the need for the federal government to invade Europe
• D) to demonstrate that black leaders at the convention argued passionately that slavery should be abolished and blacks were entitled to all the rights of U.S.citizenship

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