Margaret Newton

Social Studies

19 October, 20:38

Slavery does away with fathers, as it does away with families. Slavery has no use for either fathers or families, and its laws do not recognize their existence in the social arrangements of the plantation. - Frederick Douglass The quotation above would support which of the following statements? A. Many slaves were split up from their families. B. Laws protected slaves who had children. C. Slave families stayed together on plantations. D. Most slaves never knew their fathers.