What Recourse Did Most Plantation Mistresses Have on Discovering Their

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Multiple Choice

What recourse did most plantation mistresses have on discovering their husbands were having sexual relations with slave women?

• A) None really; most pretended they did not know it was happening.
• B) Most of these women filed for divorce on grounds of adultery.
• C) Mistresses were able to have the alleged lover sold or traded out of the household.
• D) Mistresses often filed rape charges against their husbands on behalf of the slave women.

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Gonorrhea

A sexually transmitted bacterial infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, affecting mucous membranes, particularly in the genital tract.

Urination

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Discharge

The release or expulsion of a substance from a body or system, or in a legal context, the release of an individual from custody or obligation.

Sore Throat

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