Which of the Following Statements About the Slave Family in the U.S

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the slave family in the U.S. is most accurate ?

• A) Slave owners preferred slaves who lived in intact families.
• B) In most two-parent slave families, the parents lived on different plantations.
• C) The father was white in about 75 percent of the households headed by single slave mothers.
• D) About half of children under 15 years of age were sold away from their families.