A common defense of the institution of slavery by slave owners was that:
A) slaves were treated better than northern industrial workers.
B) they were becoming Christianized and thus their souls would be saved.
C) slave children played with white children.
D) slaves lived better on southern plantations than the natives in Africa.
Answer: A
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