The reference to “retributive justice” in the segment on Nat Turner’s rebellion indicates that __________
a) Christianity could be wielded to justify violent slave rebellions as well as abolition, or slavery itself
b) many slaves had a sophisticated understanding of old legal models
c) slaves were heavily engaged in the details of the American legal system
d) slaves saw their cause in specific legal terms
Answer: a
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