Which Statement About Blacks and Freedom in the Revolutionary Era

question 72

Multiple Choice

Which statement about blacks and freedom in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

• A) The language of liberty echoed in slave communities, North and South.
• B) "Freedom petitions" were presented by slaves in New England beginning in the early 1770s.
• C) Many blacks were surprised that white America did not realize their rhetoric of revolution demanded emancipation.
• D) After the Revolution, emancipation in the North was swift and all-encompassing.
• E) The number of runaway slaves, as measured by newspaper advertisements, rose dramatically.

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