The treatment of slaves improved after 1830 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) a growing feeling of morality among southern whites.
B) the growing economic value of slaves.
C) the evidence that better-fed slaves worked harder.
D) the desire for slaves to produce offspring.
Answer: A
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