Which of the Following Is True About Southern Slaveholders in the Antebellum

Which of the following is true about Southern slaveholders in the antebellum years?

A) Slaves producing healthy offspring mattered to plantation owners because the United States had outlawed participating in the international slave trade in 1808.
B) Slaveholders granted their slaves a variety of civil rights to keep them from running away.
C) Slaveholders preferred newly imported African slaves over American-born ones.
D) Slaveholders were severely restricted in their treatment of slaves by the law.
E) Owners had the authority to legally marry their slaves.