Which of the following was TRUE about race and slavery during the early-mid 1600s?
A) Race was a distinctive marker for slavery in southern colonies such as Virginia.
B) Slavery was excluded from Massachusetts shortly after it came to Virginia.
C) The dream of African slaves to be free to own land was realized by some Africans in the early 1600s.
D) The total number of Africans, both slave and free, increased substantially as a percentage of the total population before 1680.
Answer: C
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