To Secure Control of Labor and Protect Property Rights Against

question 10

Multiple Choice

To secure control of labor and protect property rights against slave rebellions, early republican elites favored "Free Womb" legislation, which

• A) guaranteed reproductive freedom to slave women.
• B) liberated female slaves and their children, but prohibited male manumission.
• C) compromised the interests of slaveowners and free blacks fearful of wage competition.
• D) freed children of slaves, but required them to serve their mother's master until adulthood.