Which of the following arguments was most likely to have been used by southerners in the 1830s and 1840s to defend the institution of slavery?
A. It is true that slavery is an evil within human society, but for economic reasons it is presently a necessary evil.
B. Society is ordered in a particular way by the dictates of nature, and nature has ordained that blacks are born to be slaves.
C. All whites are born to be free and equal, but all non-whites are frowned on by God and were born to be slaves.
D. Human beings are equal in the sight of God only if they have accepted the tenets of Christianity; therefore, non-Christians may be enslaved.
Answer: B
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