Which of the Following Is True of American Slave Families

Which of the following is true of American slave families in the antebellum South?

A) Up to one-third of families were broken apart by the sale of family members.
B) Blacks typically had weaker family ties than did whites, due to the uncertainties of their lives.
C) A child of a slave could not be sold after he or she had reached three years of age.
D) Newly arrived slaves to a plantation were often shunned by the black community.
E) Most slaves who ran away did so to avoid punishment.