Which of the following was one reason why some slaveholders in Virginia and North Carolina freed their slaves in the decade following the Revolutionary War?
a) Some slaveholders switched from tobacco to wheat cultivation.
b) Both states passed partial abolition laws.
c) Northeastern bankers put pressure on slaveholders to free their slaves.
d) Many plantations were devastated by the fighting in the Revolutionary War.
Answer: a
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