Andrew Jackson Sought to Recruit Free Blacks to Defend New

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson sought to recruit free blacks to defend New Orleans by appealing to the governor of Louisiana using all of the following arguments EXCEPT

A) free men of color were inured to the Southern climate and would make excellent soldiers.
B) many of the free black men were idle and lazy and would become better workers after the war through the discipline of military service.
C) trusting the free black men to serve in the military will forge a strong bond between them and the interests of the country.
D) free men of color enjoyed equal rights and privileges with white men.
E) free blacks must choose up sides-either stand with the nation or stand against it.