Ans: D. 20 percent of all wealth owned by U.S. citizens
By the time of the Civil War, the value of enslaved African Americans was worth:
A. 2 percent of all the privately owned wealth in the United States
B. 5 percent of all the privately owned wealth in the United States
C. 10 percent of all the privately owned wealth in the United States
D. 20 percent of all wealth owned by U.S. citizens
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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