extending rather than causing racial prejudice in these colonies
hastening the legalization of slavery in these colonies
mitigating some of the conditions of slavery for Black people in these colonies
delaying the introduction of slavery into the English colonies
bringing about an improvement in the treatment of Black slaves in the English colonies
26. The author considers the explanation put forward by Freyre and Tannenbaum for the treatment accorded Black slaves in the English colonies of North America to be
ambitious but misguided
valid but limited
popular but suspect
anachronistic and controversial
premature and illogical
27. With which of the following statements regarding the reason for the introduction of legal slavery in the English colonies of North America would the author be most likely to agree?
The introduction is partly to be explained by reference to the origins of slavery, before the 1660 s, in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies.
The introduction is to be explained by reference to a growing consensus beginning in the 1630 s about what were the attributes of true slavery.
The introduction is more likely to be explained by reference to a decline than to an improvement in the position of White servants in the colonies during and after the 1660 s.
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