What Prompted Some Colonial Legislatures,most Notably South Carolina´s in 1760,to

question 66

Multiple Choice

What prompted some colonial legislatures,most notably South Carolina´s in 1760,to seek an end to the importation of slaves?

• A) Lack of profit
• B) Fear of competition from the northern colonies
• C) Concern over the gender imbalance of the slave population
• D) Worry about diseases being brought into slave communities by newly imported Africans
• E) Fear of slave rebellion

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