Multiple Choice
Why is 1831 considered a turning point for slavery in the American South?
A) The slave population outnumbered the white population for the first time.
B) Virginia became the first southern state to abolish slavery.
C) The U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the slaves aboard the Amistad.
D) William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist journal, The Liberator, ceased publication.
E) The proslavery argument became more strident as forces seemed to be aligning against slavery.
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