Which of the Following Arguments Was Offered by Southerners as a Defense

Multiple Choice

Which of the following arguments was offered by southerners as a defense of slavery?

A) Blacks as a race are more physical and less intellectual than whites; therefore, slavery is the natural condition of blacks.
B) By climate and geography, the South is destined to be and to remain a slave society.
C) Slavery is the major means by which all nonwhites throughout the world may ultimately be lifted to a more civilized state.
D) God has decreed that slavery be used to carry His message to the infidels of the world.