Sexual relationships between white southern men and female slaves was

A. virtually unheard of.
B. an accepted cause for divorce in the southern court system.
C. a common practice.
D. against the law in all slave states.
E. encouraged by proponents of slavery such as George Fitzhugh.


Answer: C

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a) the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company b) the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) and the New York Central Railroad c) the Erie Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad d) the American Railway Association and J. P. Morgan and Company

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