Most white southerners saw slavery as a benign institution. What evidence surfaces from the domestic slave trade that shows this conclusion is false?

What will be an ideal response?


Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define southern white interpretations of slavery as positive for blacks in terms of support, Christian teachings, and benefits from close association to white Americans.
2. Define the domestic slave trade as a system that transferred one million slaves from the Upper South to the Deep South in the early 1800s.
3. Outline the evidence for the trade as harmful: breaking up of families and marriages; families could not stay connected across time and space.

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a)  standard products b)  regional accents c)  sectional differences d)  unique styles

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Charles Talleyrand, the __________ foreign minister, was linked to the XYZ Affair

A) Spanish B) Dutch C) British D) French

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How much of India was covered by the Gupta Empire?

What will be an ideal response?

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