Answer: Baffled can mean that the soilders were in shock over what they had seen.
Explanation:
The cotton gin was a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
"<span>a. Slavery began in ancient times and has existed around the world in different forms" is the only true option from the list, since it was around in biblical times but in a very different form that is thought of now.</span>
It spanned from <span>the 1860s to the 1890s.</span>
