Author Question: Examine Map 6-4. Why did the Upper South contain many free blacks? A) Slaves in the Upper South ... (Read 186 times)

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Examine Map 6-4. Why did the Upper South contain many free blacks?

A) Slaves in the Upper South were freed often by their masters.
B) Free blacks in the Upper South were recruited by whites to process the massive cotton harvest.
C) Free blacks concentrated in the Upper South to be closer to southern whites.
D) Free blacks wanted to assist in the capture of escaped slaves in the Upper South.

Question 2

What does the pie chart in Map 6-3 reveal about the distribution of slave labor in the South in 1850?

A) All slave labor was centered in the cotton sector.
B) All slave labor was centered in the tobacco sector.
C) Domestic work accounted for 10 percent of slave labor.
D) Rice, sugar, and hemp labor accounted for 50 percent of slave labor.