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!["It was a grand opportunity for the low Whites, who had no Negroes of their own to scourge. They
exulted in such a chance to exercise a little brief authority, and show their subserviency to the
slaveholders; not reflecting that the power which trampled on the colored people also kept
themselves in poverty, ignorance, and moral degradation.... Colored people and slaves who lived in
remote parts of the town suffered in an especial manner. In some cases the searchers scattered
[gun]powder and shot among their clothes, and then sent other parties to find them, and bring them
forward as proof that they were plotting insurrection."
Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861, describing events earlier in
the nineteenth century
15. Which of the following claims best aligns with the evidence in the excerpt about the
relationship between enslaved African Americans and White Southern citizens?
a. A majority of White citizens held slaves; therefore, they felt obligated to ensure the
preservation of slavery.
b. The attitudes of White citizens regarding the motives of slave rebellions differed by
region within the South.
C. A majority of poor White citizens benefited economically from having enslaved
African Americans do the manual labor that White citizens did not want to do.
d. The slave system gave poor White citizens the feeling of social superiority over free
and enslaved African Americans in a culture where African Americans held little
power.
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Transcribed Image Text:"It was a grand opportunity for the low Whites, who had no Negroes of their own to scourge. They
exulted in such a chance to exercise a little brief authority, and show their subserviency to the
slaveholders; not reflecting that the power which trampled on the colored people also kept
themselves in poverty, ignorance, and moral degradation.... Colored people and slaves who lived in
remote parts of the town suffered in an especial manner. In some cases the searchers scattered
[gun]powder and shot among their clothes, and then sent other parties to find them, and bring them
forward as proof that they were plotting insurrection."
Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861, describing events earlier in
the nineteenth century
15. Which of the following claims best aligns with the evidence in the excerpt about the
relationship between enslaved African Americans and White Southern citizens?
a. A majority of White citizens held slaves; therefore, they felt obligated to ensure the
preservation of slavery.
b. The attitudes of White citizens regarding the motives of slave rebellions differed by
region within the South.
C. A majority of poor White citizens benefited economically from having enslaved
African Americans do the manual labor that White citizens did not want to do.
d. The slave system gave poor White citizens the feeling of social superiority over free
and enslaved African Americans in a culture where African Americans held little
power.
16 Which of the following niecer of ouidono
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