Southern defenders of slavery responded to abolitionist critiques by __________
a) defending slavery as humane and attacking the northern industrial wage system
b) acknowledging the brutality of slavery and moving towards a free labor economy
c) arguing that the plantation system represented a more efficient means of production than northern wage labor
d) claiming that southerners were forced to maintain the slave system as there was no alternative for economic success
Answer: a
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