Which of the following is true of American slave families in the antebellum South?
A. Most slaves who ran away did so to avoid punishment.
B. A child of a slave could not be sold after he or she had reached three years of age.
C. Blacks typically had weaker family ties than did whites, due to the uncertainties of their lives.
D. Newly arrived slaves to a plantation were often shunned by the black community.
E. Up to one-third of families were broken apart by the sale of family members.
Answer: E
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