Which of the Following Statements Regarding Slave Life Is True

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?

• A) It was uncommon to divide slave families for long periods of time.
• B) Slaves were not given medical care except by their own efforts.
• C) Slave children did no work until they turned twelve years old.
• D) After 1808, the proportion of blacks to whites in the nation steadily declined.
• E) Slaves had to grow all of their own food.

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