Which statement is true about slave families?

A) Slave families were in constant danger of being broken apart by the slaveowners through the sale of family members.
B) Slave families mirrored kinship patterns among whites.
C) Slave families were more often headed by men than white families, due to slaveowners' selling family members.
D) The family was not central to slave culture.
E) Slave families were more patriarchal than white families.

Question

sitruc riley · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  Slave families were indeed in constant danger of being broken apart by the sale of family members. This was a common practice among slaveowners and a fundamental aspect of the brutality of slavery, as it disregarded the familial bonds of enslaved people.

Definitions

Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Related questions