One reason that southern states passed laws after 1800 to discourage manumission was: Southern whites feared that freed blacks would seek revenge for past treatment as slaves. This concern about potential uprisings or acts of violence was a significant factor in the legislation aimed at controlling and limiting the freedom of enslaved people and those who were manumitted.
What was one reason that southern states passed laws after 1800 to discourage manumission?
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Northern leaders pressured southerners to liberate enslaved people.
Northern leaders pressured southerners to liberate enslaved people.
Northern whites had sold their slaves to southerners before slavery was banned in the North.
Northern whites had sold their slaves to southerners before slavery was banned in the North.
Southern whites feared that freed blacks would seek revenge for past treatment as slaves.
Southern whites feared that freed blacks would seek revenge for past treatment as slaves.
Southern states needed an inexpensive labor force to work in southern factories.
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