Which of these best explains the rapid growth of the slave population in the American South, relative to other nineteenth-century New World slave societies?
A) higher fertility of enslaved African American women
B) better food given to African American slaves
C) greater number of slaves imported from Africa
D) better housing provided to African American slaves
Answer: A
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