What reasons did southerners give for continuing the practice of slavery?
A) African Americans were not interested in competing for jobs with poor white southerners and would rather be slaves.
B) Southerners stated that slavery was moral according to the Bible and financially necessary for the economy of the country.
C) African Americans liked being slaves, so the practice should continue since there was no real opposition to it.
D) Southerners stated that with factories widespread in the South, slaves were needed to work there to increase manufacturing.