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Question 1090:
Southern defenses of slavery in the 1850s included all of the following
except
(A) references to slavery in the Bible,
including "slaves, obey your masters"
(B) an appeal that slavery was actually kinder
to the slave than the wage system of Northern cities
(C) the Constitution allowed slavery
(D) the continued presence of slavery in Great
Britain
(E) the fact that Rome and Greece both utilized
slavery
Answer:
(D)
the continued presence of slavery in Great Britain
Explanation:
Southerners
created varied and elaborate defenses of slavery, appealing to the
classical cultures of Greece and Rome, verses in the Bible, the fact
that the Constitution permitted it, and the contrast with the
conditions of northern industrial workers, who had no job security and
were not provided food and housing, as were slaves. Parliament
abolished slavery throughout the British Empire in 1833, largely due to
the tireless efforts of William Wilberforce who died three days
after the final bill was passed.
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