All of the following were true of slavery in the South EXCEPT that
A. strong-willed slaves were sometimes sent to breakers to coerce slaves into accepting their bondage and the planter's mastery.
B. a distinctive African-American slave culture developed.
C. a typical planter had too much of his own prosperity riding on the backs of his slaves to beat them on a regular basis.
D. the explosive growth of cotton production in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana contributed directly to life being harder for the typical slave in this southern frontier region than other regions of the South or West.
E. most slaves were raised in unstable single-parent households.
Answer: E
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