LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Slaveholders objected to losing leisure time.
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Slaves outnumbered non-slaves and might rebel.
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Slaveholders felt economic security rested on the system of slavery.
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B and C.
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A and C.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many resisted slavery in a variety of ways, differing in intensity and methodology. Among the less obvious methods of resistance were actions such as feigning illness, working slowly, producing shoddy work, and misplacing or damaging tools and equipment.
Detailed explanation-2: -The abolitionists saw slavery as an abomination and an affliction on the United States, making it their goal to eradicate slave ownership. They sent petitions to Congress, ran for political office and inundated people of the South with anti-slavery literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were some reasons that abolitionists opposed slavery? For some people it was against religious reasons, it was morally wrong and it went against what the American Revolution fought for which was liberty.