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Philadelphia's free Black community expanded dramatically in the 1790s with the arrival of which of the following?

- new arrivals from Africa who escaped from slave ships

- formerly enslaved refugees from St. Domingue

- Black Americans seeking relief from oppressive laws passed against them in the Upper South

- Black Canadians seeking work opportunities

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- formerly enslaved refugees from St. Domingue

- Black Americans seeking relief from oppressive laws passed against them in the Upper South
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