Why Did Blacks Choose to Support the British Over the American

question 24

Multiple Choice

Why did blacks choose to support the British over the American colonists during the Revolution?

• A) Blacks actually supported the American colonists in all cases.
• B) Blacks were paid by the British to participate in some of the numerous violent slave uprisings across the south during the Revolution.
• C) Blacks resented that the Americans would not let them enlist and were upholding slavery.
• D) Many slaves were very frightened by the British army, and were unable to refuse service.

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