What Was the Idea of Free Labor

question 17

Multiple Choice

What was the idea of free labor?

• A) an idea accepted by most northern whites, which emphasized the importance of free men and women working for a living
• B) the idea that all people should be free
• C) the idea of the South that all slaves were free, since their labor was free
• D) a racist doctrine adopted by whites, which stated that blacks' labor should not be paid, since they were so inferior to whites

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