Personal liberties were among the key ideas of the American Revolution. Given this fact, why did slavery continue after the American Revolution?
A. Slave labor was important to the New England economy.
B. British, Loyalists, and Patriots all agreed that liberty did not extend to slaves.
C. The colonial government encouraged manumission.
D. The Southern plantation economy depended on slavery.

Question

Personal liberties were among the key ideas of the American Revolution. Given this fact, why did slavery continue after the American Revolution?
  A. Slave labor was important to the New England economy. 	
  B. British, Loyalists, and Patriots all agreed that liberty did not extend to slaves. 	
  C. The colonial government encouraged manumission. 	
  D. The Southern plantation economy depended on slavery.

kohai · Answer

I'm thinking D, since it's the one I know is a true statement