The Great Increase of the Slave Population in the First

question 46

Multiple Choice

The great increase of the slave population in the first half of the nineteenth century was largely due to

• A) the reopening of the African slave trade in 1808.
• B) imports of slaves from the West Indies.
• C) natural reproduction.
• D) reenslavement of free blacks.
• E) the deliberate "breeding" of slaves by plantation owners.

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