Southern defenders of slavery made all the following arguments EXCEPT that

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Southern defenders of slavery did not argue that black codes were designed to protect slaves from abuse. Instead, black codes were laws passed mainly in the southern states in the 19th century, before the Civil War, which restricted the rights of black people, free or enslaved, rather than protecting them. The other options (A, B, C, D) represent actual arguments made by some southern defenders of slavery to justify the institution or to argue against its abolition, by claiming inherent racial inferiorities, cultural superiority, peaceful racial coexistence under slavery, or better living conditions compared to northern industrial workers, respectively.

Southern Defenders of Slavery Made All the Following Arguments EXCEPT