Question

Question

What was one reason that southern states passed laws after 1800 to discourage manumission?

(1 point)
Responses

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.
Southern states needed an inexpensive labor force to work in southern factories.

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.

Northern leaders pressured southerners to liberate enslaved people.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

Southern whites feared that freed blacks would seek revenge for past treatment as slaves.

This reflects the concerns of southern states regarding social order and potential uprisings that could arise from the presence of free black communities, which influenced their decisions to implement laws discouraging manumission.