In the Aftermath of the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion, the Virginia

question 21

Multiple Choice

In the aftermath of the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion, the Virginia legislature _____________.

• A) approved a plan, subsequently vetoed by the governor, for the abolition of slavery.
• B) approved a measure requiring all free blacks to leave the state or be enslaved.
• C) began a debate on slavery that continued and grew more bitter as the years passed.
• D) debated but then rejected a measure calling for the gradual abolition of slavery.

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