Which Statement Is True About Slavery in Eighteenth-Century New York

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about slavery in eighteenth-century New York?

• A) Hudson Valley farmers, landlords, and craftsmen never used enslaved people's labor in the eighteenth century.
• B) Slavery was abolished after the English took the colony from the Dutch.
• C) New York City passed a law banning merchants from participating in the slave trade after 1730.
• D) In 1746, enslaved people made up one-fifth of the population of New York City.
• E) Slaves worked exclusively as domestic workers.

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