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Why Did the Virginia Gentry Fear the Rise of the Baptists

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Why did the Virginia gentry fear the rise of the Baptists in the mid-eighteenth century?


A) The Baptists were notorious for indulging in activities such as horse racing,gambling,and cockfighting.
B) They threatened to undermine the gentry's position and privilege.
C) Baptist ministers argued that they occupied a higher social and moral plane than Anglicans and Presbyterians.
D) The radical Protestants insisted that any slaves who converted to Christianity should be immediately freed by their masters.

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