Regarding Involuntary Servitude in the United States

question 11

Multiple Choice

Regarding involuntary servitude in the United States:

• A) Africans were first sold in the United States around the time Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering America (1492).
• B) During the same time that Africans were first sold in the U.S., Whites were also held as indentured servants.
• C) Involuntary servitude of Africans and Whites continued at the same rates through 1865.
• D) Involuntary servitude of all types has been confined to only certain southern states and not the north.

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