Which Statement Is Correct

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which statement is correct?

• A) Slaves were owned by the majority of Southern whites.
• B) The old Southern states held the majority of slaves even as the new cotton South expanded.
• C) The increase in slave ownership was most dramatic in the relatively new cotton plantations.
• D) Slavery vanished in the Middle colonies but not the North by the start of the Civil War.

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