Author Question: For South Carolinian Robert Francis Allston, a plain, honest, common-sense reading of the ... (Read 53 times)

swpotter12 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Prior to 1830, southerners generally defended slavery as a(n)

A) historical inevitability.
B) positive good.
C) necessary evil.
D) biblical injunction.

Question 2

For southern white women, Mary Boykin Chestnut regarded the sorest spot of slavery as the

A) excessive cruelty of the overseers.
B) social isolation and loneliness.
C) obligation to feed, clothe, and nurse additional children.
D) double standard of plantation sexuality.

Question 3

Robert Francis Allston's chief concern as a slaveholder was to guard against his slaves'

A) disobedience.
B) escape.
C) sickness and death.
D) education.

Question 4

For South Carolinian Robert Francis Allston, a plain, honest, common-sense reading of the Constitution meant the

A) legitimacy of abolitionism.
B) constitutionality of slavery.
C) support of the United States Bank.
D) disapproval of nullification.