Which of the following is true of the black population in the Chesapeake by the mid-eighteenth century?
a. It was characterized by an excess of males over females.
b. It stabilized, with births equaling deaths.
c. Blacks suffered a death rate five times that of the white population.
d. It grew especially fast because imports from Africa were added to a population that sustained itself bynatural increase.
d
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a. sought a defensive alliance with Spain b. declared itself neutral c. sided with France d. sided with Britain
In addition to her work assisting freedmen and freedwomen, Harriet Tubman also worked to
support A) women's suffrage. B) the Confederacy. C) Jefferson Davis. D) African American arts.
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