Regarding employment, free blacks in the Upper South __________

A) were never hired by whites because they could get free slave labor
B) faced less competition from immigrants until the 1850s, and therefore could get jobs in industry more easily than blacks in the North
C) were skilled tradespersons, such as carpenters, bakers, and barbers
D) could generally get jobs only as barbers within the black community


Answer: B

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