Which of the Following Is True About Southern Slaveholders in the Antebellum

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about Southern slaveholders in the antebellum years?

• A) Slaves producing healthy offspring mattered to plantation owners because the United States had outlawed participating in the international slave trade in 1808.
• B) Slaveholders granted their slaves a variety of civil rights to keep them from running away.
• C) Slaveholders preferred newly imported African slaves over American-born ones.
• D) Slaveholders were severely restricted in their treatment of slaves by the law.
• E) Owners had the authority to legally marry their slaves.

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