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Why did slavery continue after the revolution?

a. slave labor was important to the New Ingland economy
b. The colonial government encouraged manumission
c. The British, Loyalists, and Patriots all agreed that liberty did not extend to slaves
d. The Southern plantation economydepended on slavery

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d. The Southern plantation economy depended on slavery" is the best option from the list,

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"d. The Southern plantation economy depended on slavery" is the best option from the list, since although slavery continued to exist to some extent in the North it was the South's primary source of labor.
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