All of the following were characteristic of slaves in the mid-19th-cntury United States EXCEPT
A. slaves had no civil or political rights.
B. slaves usually toiled from dusk to dawn in the fields.
C. slaves had minimal protection from murder or unusually cruel punishment.
D. slaves were forbidden to testify in court and their marriages were not legal.
E. floggings were very uncommon and rare.
Answer: E
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