Arguments Regarding Antebellum Enslavement
The more you improve the condition of these people, the more you cultivate their minds, the more miserable you make them, in their present state. You give them a higher relish for those privileges which they can never attain, and turn what we intend for a blessing [slavery] into a curse. No, if they must remain in their present situation, keep them in the lowest state of degradation and ignorance. The nearer you bring them to the condition of brutes, the better chance do you give them of possessing their apathy.
The commentary most directly reflects which of the following beliefs about slavery?
A
The justification of enslavement through the belief in inherent racial inferiority
B
Advocacy for African American suffrage as a counterargument to enslavement
C
The preference for federal oversight over state autonomy in the context of slavery policies
D
The dependency on slavery due to agricultural economic interests
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