What reasons did southerners give for continuing the practice of slavery?

A. Southerners stated that slavery was moral according to the Bible and financially necessary for the economy of the country.

B. African Americans liked being slaves, so the practice should continue since there was no real opposition to it.

C. African Americans were not interested in competing for jobs with poor white southerners and would rather be slaves.

D. Southerners stated that with factories widespread in the South, slaves were needed to work there to increase manufacturing.

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13 April, 15:55

What reasons did southerners give for continuing the practice of slavery?

A. Southerners stated that slavery was moral according to the Bible and financially necessary for the economy of the country.

B. African Americans liked being slaves, so the practice should continue since there was no real opposition to it.

C. African Americans were not interested in competing for jobs with poor white southerners and would rather be slaves.

D. Southerners stated that with factories widespread in the South, slaves were needed to work there to increase manufacturing.

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Phoebe · Answer 1

Slaves were actually a very important key to the south's economics because the South was less populated so it didn't have the amount of people needed to go into mass production with factories like the north did, to keep up with the north's factories which were pumping out goods at a very high rate the south took advantage of their weather and kept on farming which was a very important and necessary to their economy so they kept slaves who would do farming so the correct answer would be A