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Why were Southern farmers reluctant to free their slaves? A) Cotton farming was not as lucrative without slaves. B) The slaves could not survive without their masters. C) The slaves knew how to use a cotton gin. D) The slaves could take over the plantations.

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It’s A. This should be a common sense answer
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