Which Statement Is True About the Founding Fathers and Slavery

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about the founding fathers and slavery?

A) Only the northern founding fathers owned enslaved people.
B) All the founding fathers supported the abolition of slavery.
C) Thomas Paine was a founding father who did not own slaves, unlike many others.
D) Thomas Jefferson freed all his slaves before he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
E) Only the southern founding fathers owned enslaved people.