During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, Free Black

During the first half of the nineteenth century, free black Americans

A) could not, under federal law, obtain public land.
B) found, as whites did, that the West offered the best opportunities for economic advancement.
C) rose in economic status, but more slowly than whites.
D) joined with white artisans in biracial unions that successfully struck for higher wages.
E) formed predominantly upper-middle-class communities in the North.