LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Question
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Which of the following is NOT something people who supported slavery generally believed?
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It was dangerous to own slaves in America
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Slaves helped the economy run
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It was God’s will to own slaves
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African Americans were better off as slaves
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In December 19833, the three most active antislavery organizations, the Philadelphia Quakers, the New England Garrisonians, and the New York Reformers, met with freed blacks to form an organization called the America Anti-Slavery Society. Abolitionists initially focused their efforts on church members and clergymen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Paine’s 1775 article “African Slavery in America” was one of the first to advocate abolishing slavery and freeing slaves.
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