How Did South Carolina Respond to the Increase in the Volume

question 7

Multiple Choice

How did South Carolina respond to the increase in the volume of antislavery mailings during the early 1830s?

• A) The state established its own postal service, which refused to deliver any mail handled by the United States Postal Service.
• B) Abolitionist literature entering the state was intercepted and burned.
• C) The state paid for the mass printing and mailing of proslavery tracts to northern households.
• D) In a nullification convention, the state declared such literature to be an unconstitutional exercise of free speech.

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