White southerners justified the institution of slavery with each of the following religious arguments except
a. Jesus never criticized slavery.
b. slaves were the descendants of Ham and deserved enslavement.
c. slavery had given African Americans Christianity.
d. the Epistles of Paul urged slaves to obey their masters.
e. slavery was a gift to God.
e
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