The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 19

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"No Negro shall leave the place at any time without my permission…No Negro shall be allowed to marry out of the plantation…No rule I have stated is of more importance than that relating to negroes marrying out of the plantation…It creates a feeling of independence,from being,of right,out of the control of the masters for a time.Never allow any man to talk to your Negroes,nothing more injurious."
Rules of Highland Plantation,1838
-Criticisms of the attitudes expressed in the excerpt led to

• A) more and more owners selling off their slaves.
• B) churches beginning to divide due to a dispute over whether or not slavery was justified in the Bible.
• C) slaves rebelling for freedom more often and with more success.
• D) more and more southerners forming organizations to help free the slaves.

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