Which of the following is true of the American response to Toussaint L'Ouverture's slave uprising?
A) John Adams opposed it because it was a threat to the established order.
B) Thomas Jefferson welcomed Haitian independence as another example of what he had advocated in the Declaration of Independence.
C) Most white Americans were glad to see France,which had turned politically radical,suffer the loss of Haiti.
D) Most enslaved Americans opposed L'Ouverture's success because they believed it might inspire a white crackdown on their behavior.
E) Many white Americans considered L'Ouverture's uprising to be evidence of blacks' unfitness for republican freedom.
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