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elizabeth18

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Slaves were expensive factors of production in comparison to free labor. Which of the following was not a cost to slave labor?
 
  (a) Food
  (b) Clothing
  (c) Wages
  (d) Medical care

Question 2

Which of the following would empirically support the claim that slave owners were optimistic about the future of the slave system in the 1850s?
 
  (a) Rising slave prices
  (b) An increasing demand for slaves
  (c) A positive net return to slave purchases
  (d) All of the above


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Shshxj

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Reply #1 on: Jun 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

(c)

Answer to Question 2

(d)


elizabeth18

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Reply 2 on: Jun 30, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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