Which of the following statements BEST characterizes the experience of blacks in Dutch New Netherland?
a. Although Dutch authorities granted some liberties to black settlers, their worries about possible uprisings led them to bar black men from the militia.
b. Although conditions for black settlers in New Netherland were harsh at first, racial boundaries gradually disintegrated as the seventeenth century progressed.
c. Blacks in New Netherland participated broadly in colonial society, attending Dutch churches and seeking redress through Dutch courts.
d. Since most black slaves worked on the vast agricultural fields of the Hudson Valley and had little direct contact with whites, blacks in New Netherland retained a distinct African identity.
c. Blacks in New Netherland participated broadly in colonial society, attending Dutch churches and seeking redress through Dutch courts.
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