Why Did the Emancipation of Slaves Proceed Very Slowly in the Northern

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Multiple Choice

Why did the emancipation of slaves proceed very slowly in the northern states during and after the Revolution?

• A) The northern states gave priority to slaveholders' property rights so that emancipation often was spaced out over several slave generations.
• B) Very few northerners saw any contradiction between extolling freedom for themselves and slavery for African Americans.
• C) Slaves were threatening violence in the northern states,leading whites to retreat from their earlier support for emancipation.
• D) Economically,slavery was becoming more viable and profitable in the North in the 1770s and early 1780s.

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