Author Question: Which historian argued in the 1910s that slavery was a generally benign institution where ... (Read 33 times)

KWilfred · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

Which historian argued in the 1910s that slavery was a generally benign institution where slaveholders cared for happy slaves?

A) Kenneth Stampp
B) Stanley Elkins
C) Ulrich B. Phillips
D) Eugene Genovese

Question 2

How is the painting of a plantation burial symbolic of a particular viewpoint or characterization of slavery?

A) Blacks appear contented with slavery as an institution that benefitted them with Christianity and social support.
B) Blacks appear angry and defiant about their enslavement and resist the system.
C) Blacks appear to outsmart local whites as they manipulate the system to their advantage.
D) Blacks appear to be destroyed by the slavery system that surrounds them.