Which of the Following Is True of American Slave Families

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of American slave families in the antebellum South?

• A) A child of a slave could not be sold after he or she had reached three years of age.
• B) Blacks typically had weaker family ties than did whites, due to the uncertainties of their lives.
• C) Up to one-third of families were broken apart by the sale of family members.
• D) Most slaves who ran away did so to avoid punishment.
• E) Newly arrived slaves to a plantation were often shunned by the black community.

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