Which of the Following Statements Describes the Institution of Slavery

Which of the following statements describes the institution of slavery in the nineteenth-century South?

A) The percentage of white slave-owning families continually increased between 1800 and 1860.
B) Throughout the nineteenth century,most white southerners owned some slaves.
C) Slave gangs proved to be less efficient than those who worked more independently.
D) About 5 percent of southern whites owned 50 percent of the South's slave population.