The Issue of Runaway Slaves Was Important to Most Southerners

question 56

Multiple Choice

The issue of runaway slaves was important to most southerners because  

• A) the South was losing a significant and irreplaceable portion of its labor force.
• B) the overwhelming success of the Underground Railroad posed critical and immediate threat to the southern way of life.
• C) while the overall loss of property was relatively insignificant,the loss of honor and the passing of moral judgments by northerners were felt more.
• D) escaped slaves would likely organize a black army to stage armed rebellions against white southern planters and their plantations.
• E) escaped slaves would travel North or to Canada and quickly undermine the legitimacy of southerners' racial superiority theories among political leaders of the North and the South.

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