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How Did White Southerners React to Northern Criticisms of Slavery

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How did white Southerners react to northern criticisms of slavery?


A) Whites in the "new" South of Mississippi and Alabama (outnumbered by slaves three to one) feared criticisms of slavery might lead to rebellion.
B) A significant minority of pro-Unionist Southerners agreed with the criticisms.
C) Most Southerners continued to view slaves as always docile, happy, and childlike.
D) Radical South Carolinians were convinced that both the protective tariff and the agitation against slavery were examples of tyranny of the majority.

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