Which of the Following Did Southerners Use to Attempt to Justify

Which of the following did southerners use to attempt to justify slavery?

A) claims of black racial inferiority and the idea that slavery was rooted in the Bible
B) the lack of competition for white jobs and the decline of the cotton industry
C) the threat of British cotton production exceeding America's because Britain had
More slaves
D) the fact that slavery was more widespread in the western territories than in the South
E) widespread West African support of American slavery and the slave trade