What was the legal argument of the owners of the Zong?
A) slaves were commodities
B) slavery violated human rights
C) international law governs the slave trade
D) a slave mutiny threatened state power
A
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a. individualism b. self-sufficiency c. a passionate love of liberty d. communalism. c
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a. Military obligations. b. Crime prevention. c. Military reorganization. d. Tax obligations. e. All of these.
The British Navigation Acts were designed to protect English merchants from foreign competition in the colonies.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)