How was slavery an obvious contradiction to the principles of the American republic?
A) Slavery showed how poorly treated black women were.
B) Americans claimed to be fighting for freedom, but still enslaved others.
C) Slavery funded much of the Revolution, so it was part of the new republic.
D) Slavery was a British institution and had no place in an independent America.
E) People who fought in the war and enslaved others were too violent for a republic.
Answer: B
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