Why was most slave resistance before the late-eighteenth century generally not part of a coordinated attempt by blacks to destroy the entire institution?
A) Ideas of natural human rights and equality of all would not spread until the American Revolution.
B) Most slaves could not read or write and therefore could not communicate with each other.
C) Slaves were so psychologically damaged during slavery that they simply failed to resist their masters in any way.
D) Slaves really didn't understand the nature of slavery and therefore could not attempt to break it down in any organized way.
Answer: A
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