Which of the following statements is correct?
A) William Harper argued that slaveholding was essentially a matter of property rights.
B) Proslavery writers in the 1840s and 1850s asserted that whites were the more intellectual race, and blacks the race more inherently physical and destined for labor.
C) Presbyterian minister George Bourne was welcomed in Virginia for his antislavery sermons.
D) John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams were close allies in the antislavery movement.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This statement accurately reflects the arguments made by proslavery writers during that time period. The other statements are false. William Harper argued that slaveholding was justified by the principle of self-defense, George Bourne was actually chased out of Virginia for his antislavery views, and John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams were bitter political rivals on the issue of slavery.

Which of the Following Statements Is Correct