Which of the following describes the changes in slaves' living conditions in the early nineteenth century?
Select one:
A. Sexual abuse of black women increased because white males on the southwestern frontier knew the law would not punish them.
B. As blacks formed stronger social, family, and cultural ties, they resisted the breakup of families through sale by their owners.
C. Blacks lost the few work privileges they had gained in the eighteenth century, especially in the lowlands of South Carolina.
D. Mutilations of black men increased as whites sought to deter runaways and slave revolts.
