The slave trade routinely broke up African families,
A. but Africans in America still managed to select partners and form family relationships.
B. and slaveholders consistently discouraged conjugal relations among their slaves.
C. but once they arrived in the American colonies they were granted legal marriage.
D. and as a result, memories of their African heritage rapidly disappeared.
Answer: A
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