Other than outright racism, why did many white working-class people oppose the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation?
A) They feared that it would lead to social and political rights.
B) They feared that the freed slaves would rush into the North, and compete with them for jobs.
C) All northerners actually approved of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
D) They thought that it would make the southerners act more harshly toward their slaves.
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