What did the Massachusetts Committee on Safety (or the Hancock and Warren Committee) decide about the enlistment of black soldiers in Massachusetts's armed forces?
A) Masters could send their slaves to serve in the masters' place.
B) Free blacks could serve,but enlisting slaves ran contrary to the principles of the Revolution.
C) Slaves could serve but only if their masters promised to emancipate them at the end of their service.
D) Neither slaves nor free blacks should be allowed to serve in the armed forces.
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