Author Question: When slaves began to arrive at his fortifications near Hampton Roads, Virginia, General Benjamin ... (Read 100 times)

melina_rosy · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

When slaves began to arrive at his fortifications near Hampton Roads, Virginia, General Benjamin Butler:

A) forced them back to their southern owners.
B) seized them and sold them to the highest bidder.
C) declared them to be the contraband of war.
D) withdrew from his forward position.

Question 2

Delegates to the convention that formed the Confederacy chose:

A) Jefferson Davis as their president.
B) Joseph Davis as their president.
C) to ask Great Britain for diplomatic recognition.
D) to voluntarily eliminate the institution of slavery.