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Uring the American Revolution, why did many African-Americans who were enslaved fight for the British and against the colonists? A. African-Americans who were enslaved sided with the British because the

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Uring the American Revolution, why did many African-Americans who were enslaved fight for the British and against the colonists?

A.
African-Americans who were enslaved sided with the British because the colonists had excluded rights for enslaved people from the Declaration of Independence and the Paris Peace Treaty.
B.
Enslaved African-Americans defected to the British after their “masters” forced them to serve in separate “Black” regiments in the Continental Army.
C.
The British guaranteed enslaved African-Americans that they would be liberated if they fought on the side of the British during the Revolution.
D.
Enslaved African-American were banned from serving in the Continental Army across the course of the American Revolution.
E.
The British assured enslaved African-American passage to Africa if they aided the British against the colonists.