In the decade immediately following emancipation, former slaves ...

[ahriuashd]

In the decade immediately following emancipation, former slaves
 a. were willing to work under the gang system in return for wages and benefits.
  b. decreased their labor supply.
  c. obtained ownership of roughly 40 percent of southern farms.
  d. moved to northern states in large numbers.

Question 2

What is the least accurate description of changes in the New World distribution of slaves over time?
 a. The West Indies' share of slaves in 1825 was slightly larger than its share of the original transatlantic slave trade.
  b. The United States was a relatively minor importer of slaves, but grew to hold the largest number of slaves.
  c. Brazil was the largest importers of slaves from Africa and had one of the largest slave populations in 1825.

[Bison]

Answer to Question 1

b. decreased their labor supply.

Answer to Question 2

a. The West Indies' share of slaves in 1825 was slightly larger than its share of the original transatlantic slave trade.

[ahriuashd]

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[dawsa925]

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