The Tredegar Iron Company of Richmond decided in 1847 to shift from white to slave labor to
A) destroy the potential power of organized white workers to strike.
B) reduce the costs of labor and capital investments.
C) offer slaves useful skills for their later lives as free blacks.
D) expand the pool of slave laborers for industrial enterprises.
Answer: A
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