Multiple Choice
How did Enlightenment thought affect African Americans in the 1760s and 1770s?
A) African Americans were unaffected by Enlightenment thought, since they were not allowed to read and write.
B) They began several coordinated, widespread violent rebellions in both the North and the South.
C) They filed lawsuits in the North, escaped from the South, and protested in large numbers.
D) Generally, large numbers of free blacks left for Africa in the late 1700s.
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