Question

Unlike married white women, married black women in late nineteenth-century America:__________.

a) showed greater concern that their children remain with them.
b) had more favorable employment opportunities.
c) were more often forced by societal conditions to work outside the house.
d) were unable to marry because of their economic situation.

Answer 1

a) showed greater concern that their children remain with them.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

a) showed greater concern that their children remain with them.

Step-by-step explanation:

Most married black women in America were slaves. Slave owners saw blacks just as property. They did not care about the human suffering inflicted on enslaved African Americans. Families were often separated when a parent or a child was sold to another white owner, a cause of suffering and dispair for family members.