Which of the following best describes how slavery impacted Texas’s social development as a state?(1 point)

Question

Responses

Slavery put Black and Anglo Texans in equal classes.
Slavery put Black and Anglo Texans in equal classes.

Slavery contributed to social and class divisions.
Slavery contributed to social and class divisions.

Slavery reduced the division between races.
Slavery reduced the division between races.

Slavery put Black Texans above poor Anglo Texans.

Answer 1

The response that best describes how slavery impacted Texas’s social development as a state is:

Slavery contributed to social and class divisions.

Slavery created and reinforced significant social and economic disparities, particularly between enslaved Black individuals and Anglo Texans, as well as among different classes of Anglo Texans.