Which of the following statements about slave resistance in the Caribbean is LEAST accurate?
a. At the end of Tacky’s Rebellion in 1760, authorities executed more than 500 Jamaican slaves.
b. Because of the marked rebelliousness of Caribbean slaves, planters in North America insisted on only purchasing “saltwater” blacks from Africa.
c. After existing for more than a century and contributing to a number of slave rebellions, a Maroon community in Saint Domingue gained the recognition of the island’s colonial government in the 1780s.
d. Although slaves experienced cruelty throughout most of the Caribbean, they enjoyed relatively benign treatment on Danish islands, which were not coincidentally marked by a near complete absence of slave rebellions.
b. Because of the marked rebelliousness of Caribbean slaves, planters in North America insisted on only purchasing “saltwater” blacks from Africa.
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What will be an ideal response?
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