Historians Typically Disagree with Which of the Following Contentions from Time

question 38

Multiple Choice

Historians typically disagree with which of the following contentions from Time on the Cross?

• A) Slavery was profitable for Southerners and consequently resulted in wealth accumulation.
• B) Slavery was on the verge of extinction on the eve of the Civil War.
• C) Slave owners were moral and treated slaves with kindness and high standards.
• D) Slave breeding and sexual exploitation were myths and slave sales rarely broke up slave families.

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