Upon what grounds did white Americans justify the racialization of slavery?
A)Black Africans were viewed as an inferior human subspecies.
B)Racial pseudo-science offered a hierarchical view in which Africans were "below" whites.
C)Biblical scripture was used to justify African slavery.
D)All of the answers are correct.

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All of the answers are correct. White Americans used all of these justifications to rationalize the racialization of slavery. Africans were perceived as inferior based on physical and cultural differences, and this was reinforced by pseudo-scientific theories of race hierarchy. Additionally, some white Americans used biblical texts to justify the enslavement of Africans, citing references to servants and slaves in the Old and New Testaments.

Upon What Grounds Did White Americans Justify the Racialization of Slavery