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Which Statement Is True About Slave Trading Within the United

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Which statement is true about slave trading within the United States between 1820 and 1860?


A) More than 2 million enslaved people were sold during this time.
B) The states of the Upper South were known as "importing" states, because of the vast number of slaves they purchased from the Lower South.
C) Slave trading was illegal and took place in secret.
D) Cotton Kingdom states refused to take part in slave trading.
E) Southern states and municipalities did not tax the sale of slaves, because slave trades were performed off the books.

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