Which of the following statements about slavery in the North is accurate?
A. Enslaved populations in the North during the colonial era reached as many as 100,000.
B. Northern states still technically allowed slavery through the antebellum period, though it had been eliminated in practice.
C. By 1804, the practice of slavery had been outlawed and strictly ended in all northern states.
D. The North indirectly supported slavery all the way through the first half of the nineteenth century.
E. After 1787, the Northwest Territory became the last legal area for slavery in the North.
Answer: D
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