Question

Which of the following does not describe the results of the slave trade in the Americas? A. Slaves sent to the Caribbean and South America did not live long because of the harsh climate, diseases, and terrible living conditions. B. Slavery soon became less important in the Americas and most slaves were freed. C. In North America, life expectancy for slaves was longer than elsewhere in the Americas. D. The slave population in North America grew because many of the slaves were women who had children who also became slaves.

Answer 1

The correct option is:

B. Slavery soon became less important in the Americas and most slaves were freed.

Slavery was strongly laced with the national economy and vigorously defended by white Southerners, who were profiting from enslaved labor. By the 19th century, abolitionism, a campaign to end slavery, gained strength as many abolitionist, most of them in the North, worked tirelessly to promote awareness about the evils of slavery, and to raise support for abolition.