Question

5. When a free white man had a child by a black slave woman,

a. The child was raised as the white man’s free son or daughter
b. The child was considered a slave
c. The white man’s wife usually cared for the infant as if it were her own
d. The white man usually treated the child with special kindness

Answer 1

depends on when this was. Back before the 60s when emancipation happened it would be b. The child would be a slave if it was black because of the “one drop” rule.