The Profitable Southern Slave System

question 47

Multiple Choice

The profitable southern slave system

• A) hobbled the economic development of the region as a whole.
• B) saw many slaves moving to the upper South.
• C) promoted economic equality among the whites.
• D) relied almost totally on importing slaves to meet the unquenchable demand for labor.
• E) enabled the South to afford economic and educational progress.

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