The Efforts to Emancipate Slaves in the 1770s and 1780s

question 82

Multiple Choice

The efforts to emancipate slaves in the 1770s and 1780s:

• A) occurred only in the New England states.
• B) resulted entirely from voluntary work by slaveholders.
• C) included all slaves north of South Carolina.
• D) reflected the importance of property rights.
• E) were reversed in 1792 by the U.S.Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case.

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