Most of the Large Majority of Southern Whites Who Did

question 27

Multiple Choice

Most of the large majority of Southern whites who did not own slaves nonetheless supported the slave system partly because

• A) they dreamed of one day owning slaves themselves.
• B) they were fiercely loyal to the planter aristocracy.
• C) they generally hated the individual black people they knew.
• D) they wanted Northern textile manufacturing to continue to flourish.
• E) they benefited economically from the plantation system.

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