Gradual Emancipation Laws Adopted by Some Northern States

question 30

Multiple Choice

Gradual emancipation laws adopted by some Northern states

• A) used tax revenues to compensate slave owners for the financial loss associated with freeing slaves.
• B) provided for all newborn children of slaves to be freed at birth.
• C) provided for the freedom of female slaves, but not male slaves.
• D) recognized that after age 10 the cost of a slave to the owner was less than the benefit of a slave to the owner.

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