Which Statement About Slavery Is FALSE

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which statement about slavery is FALSE?

• A) The Royal African Company held a monopoly on the colonial slave trade for nearly a century.
• B) Early slaves were able to gain their freedom.
• C) Some former slaves became slave owners.
• D) After their capture in Africa, most slaves were branded before being shipped off for sale.
• E) By 1680, slaves outnumbered indentured white servants as new arrivals to colonial plantations.

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Definitions:

Diploid

An organism or cell containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.

Apomixis

A form of asexual reproduction in plants, where seeds are produced without fertilization, leading to offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant.

Hypocotyl

The part of the axis of a plant embryo or seedling below the point of attachment of the cotyledons.

Radicle

The embryonic root of a plant, which is the first part to emerge from a germinating seed, enabling the seedling to anchor to the soil and absorb water.